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Build LGU capacity for a gradual shift to federalism: Gibo

MANILA, Philippines β€” Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, a former Defense Secretary and senate contender, recommended a gradual shift to federalism, beginning with increasing local government capacity, on Tuesday.

Teodoro noted in a media forum that while he has mixed sentiments about federalism, he believes there is a need to reform the current political structure, even if it is difficult to do so.

He believes that if the first step is to strengthen local governments, a gradual transition to a federal system will be more viable.

“We’re moving in that direction (federalism) because we’re an archipelago. But, rather than legislating federalism ex ante and risking expectations that are not met, I believe that we should prepare the country for eventual federalism by strengthening local government capacities through infrastructure, governance, synergy, and other externalities “he stated

“Then we’ll be able to move on. It is only the initial stage for me. If our countrymen realize that charter change is conceivable (as a result of these little modifications), they will be willing to accept even more significant changes in the future “Added he.

He believes that in order to broaden the scope of the country’s political systems, barangay officials should be considered partisans and members of political parties.

He added that barangay officials, particularly barangay health workers, should be properly compensated and rewarded for their volunteerism.

“Having this volunteerism attitude while adhering to the volunteerism rules does not work. I’d like to change the ethics law and the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act since they discourage government volunteers “he stated

He also proposed making individual contributions to political parties tax-deductible in order to keep these organizations afloat.

“At the very least, political parties will have the means to support themselves and potentially to care for their members,” he said.

He claims that such a step will strengthen the political system by encouraging private persons to invest in a more powerful political party, diminishing the viability of other parties.

“The incentive to invest in a private individual’s political party will move to a stronger one,” he continued, “so you’d be left with 3 or 4 and that would strengthen your political system in some way.”

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