Canadian parliamentary system simply as a model

Posted on April 13, 2007 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Rafael L. Oriel, Jr.
13 April 2007

 

Ms. Ric,

I guess that one sentence in my last post struck your discernment the wrong way instead of your ribs. You seem to have a very different idea about the issue of an existing parliamentary system being proposed as a model. I agree with you, Canadian parliamentary system works only for Canada because it is entirely designed for Canadians. It is very obvious that the Constitution of Canada cannot be used in the Philippines because it is totally Canadians’.

Of course, I know that what is exactly needed is a Philippine Constitution, written by Filipinos and design for Filipinos but that does not mean that they cannot propose an existing parliamentary system of government as a model in designing the system of government that will be written in the constitution in case Filipinos finally decided to take that route. I cannot see anything wrong with that proposal but the way you look at it is totally and absolutely incorrect or different.

From what I understand, there are two models of parliamentary system that was proposed in the Philippines, the French and the English models. From what I know, Canadian parliamentary system is an English model. Contrary to what you think, even if Canadian parliamentary system (English) or any of the existing parliamentary system of government is used as a model, Philippines is still totally independent from Canada or from any foreign countries because the end result will still be a Philippine Constitution written by Filipinos and design for Filipinos. It is the same thing with the current constitution you mentioned in your post that was written BY Filipinos FOR Filipinos.

For sure, the presidential system of government that was adopted in that constitution was based on a certain model of existing presidential system that was tweaked or redesigned to suit the needs of Filipinos. We must bear in mind that presidential or parliamentary systems of government did not originate from us Filipinos.

Ms. Ric, I thought you are against Charter Change (Cha-Cha). How come you are saying now in your post, “They have their current constitution written BY Filipinos FOR Filipinos. Just like any new policy, it needs tweaking. There is no system of government that I know of that wrote a perfect constitution the first time around.” For your information Ms. Ric, tweaking that new policy is a different way of calling a Charter Change (Cha-Cha), is it not?

In addition, I am sorry to tell you that you are absolutely wrong to say that the system of government is the one that wrote the constitution. A system of government can never write the constitution. The constitution contains details of the system of government. Whoever wrote the constitution the very first time, need to write the details of the system of government that will be used.

There are different choices as far as the system of government is concerned such as presidential system or parliamentary system. What is important is for Filipinos to be able to choose and design the right system to use. They must select then redesign the system to suits their needs for efficient, productive and economic governance of the country and its people. Of course, to improve the current system or change from one system to the other, they need to cha-cha or tweak that new policy or change the charter or constitution.

For you, my analogy does not hold water but it does for me. It is just a difference in our opinion. It is the closest analogy that I can think of at the spur of the moment in trying to get my point across or to make my message understandable and clear.

I hope you do not mind me asking. Who cares what arguments posted in the forum hold water or not anyway? Do you? Apparently, you and maybe others still trust the veracity of Pontaoe’s words in spite of his perverted idea of truth and despite of his analysis and actions that perverts the meaning of doing what is right and righting what is wrong.

If silence means consent, it sounds like not everybody in the forum recognize the fact that trying to stick to issues even if others cannot is not an easy task while somebody else is being tolerated or free to keep on doing without shame what is wrong and wronging what is right all under the guise of democratic principle.

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