Hindi na raw kailangan ng Charter change dahil wala naman daw mali sa 1987 Constitution, sabi ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Taliwas ito sa posisyon niya noong siya ay nasa pwesto pa. Nagbago na nga ba ang ihip ng hangin?
FACT CHECK: Rodrigo Duterte ayaw na sa Cha-cha?
WHAT WAS CLAIMED
“We have a good Constitution. I find it in perfect condition; absolutely nothing wrong with it,” former president Rodrigo Duterte said in a Jan. 7 press conference in Davao City.
OUR VERDICT
Flip-flop:
Duterte’s platform when he ran for the presidency in 2016 was anchored on shifting the form of government to federalism, which is possible only by amending the 1987 Constitution, which provides for a presidential system. After he won, he created a consultative committee that drafted a new constitution, which he had approved. However, the attempt to tinker with the Constitution was unsuccessful.
By VERA Files
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Jan 23, 2024
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