Yesterday, someone came to my office and asked how many personnel do I have. When I said 28 (including me), he gave me three sheets (see photo) and asked that we fill up and sign those sheets like everyone else in the government does. He left and said he will be back to collect the signed sheets tomorrow.
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The sheet contains a proposition:
"Do you approve of the amendment of the Articles VI and VII of the 1987 Constitution, changing the form of government from the present bicameral-presidential to a unilateral-parliamentary system of government, in order to achieve greater efficiency, simplicity and economy in government; and providing an Article XVII as transitory provisions for the orderly shift from one system to another?"
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By signing your name, you are approving the proposed amendment to the 1987 Constitution and your signature shall form part of the petition for initiative to amend the Constitution and signifies your support for the filing of such petition.
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Guess who's heading the campaign to collect the signatures? Lets recite the alphabet - ABCDILG - HIJKLMNOP.
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Misnomer - it should be Government's Initiative and not People's Initiative because the government is initiating the action.
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I have posted previously here the decision of Supreme Court on Santiago vs Comelec where People's Initiative was denied due to lack of implementing guidelines. So, this is just another waste of time and money for the initiators.
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