Federalism is a riot in ‘Charot!’
The tricky thing about “Charot!”—Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) 51st season ender—is that it functions more as a primer on federalism than as a proper narrative.
The tricky thing about “Charot!”—Philippine Educational Theater Association’s (Peta) 51st season ender—is that it functions more as a primer on federalism than as a proper narrative.
Aimed at promoting general awareness on the proposed federal shift, the event is open to the public on a first come, first served basis.
Our unexpected, recent economic woes and political controversies with powder-keg potential have helped push the proposed move to federalism to the back burner of the national discourse. According to one government official, it is merely taking a “power nap,” while others say it is “dead in the water.”
The publication of “Regional Autonomy and Federalism: Concepts and Issues for the Bangsamoro Government” (MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology OVCRE-MMIDU, 2012, 152 pp) comes at a time when a more peaceful atmosphere is felt with the assumption into office by a new administration led by the son of late President Cory Aquino, who had laid the groundwork for peace in Mindanao during her term; and, the hostilities between the Philippine Armed Forces and the MILF in Mindanao have relatively scaled down, as more civil and nonbelligerent ways are considered in the attempt to bring an end to the Mindanao conflict.
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