Question

federalism in the philippines: bane or boon?

Answer 1

Federalism is doing well not only in the United States but also in our close neighbor in southeastern Asia, Malaysia whose people can be comparable to the Filipinos in culture, outlook and ways of looking at government. Federalism can assure for us an authentic and really working local autonomy, not the same old pretension of devolution today, where major and even tactical decisions are all done in the imperialistic Metro Manila.  So, i think federalism is a bane to the philippines and philippino people