Now that PGMA is pushing for Charter Change, isn't it also about time that the youth is also educated about this system of government and is given a chance to participate in the discussions. After all we are the hope of the nation.

first and foremost we filipinos must be educated of what is parliamentary and federal form of government. We have to take into consideration the awareness of the voting population whether or not they know the importance of a political party and its difference from that of interest groups. In a parliamentary form of government there will be no express principle of check and balance considering that the executive and legislative department is one. there will be no fixed term for the officials, the elections will be more expensive, and given the filipino political culture there might be a tendency that the members of the parliament will abuse and will just focus on their own political agenda. plus the fact that we are not oriented with the powers and functions of the prime minister as the head of the government and the president as the head of the state. on the other hand, federalism is too risky, because a lot of our local government officials have a great tendency to abuse their authority, considering that the local affairs will be handled by them. however, having such form of government might help us, in the right time, we must educate first the people, for whatever system or form of government we have if the leaders are politicians then we cannot achieve our goals. what we need is a statesman, who will best serve the interest of the people.

I agree with you but I think if there will be more focus on political parties, this will be shifted to a debate of issues and principles rather than to a debate of personalities. Some political parties like the Anakbayan and Bayan Muna can even win over the main stream political parties considering their closeness to the massess and provide equal opportunities to various groups as well.... but first and foremost we need to educate the populace about this.

Our organization will be willing to help... after we had been educated ourselves.

yup thats right, we should start from ourselves... as of press time we should be apart of 23% of the filipino people who knows the content of the present constitution.... that is the dilemma we are now facing, as youth we should know our responsibilities as filipino...

At bilang mga kabataang aktibo at nabibilang sa mga youth organizations cguro dapat ding isama sa mga proyekto natin ang pageducate sa ating mga kasamahan tungkol sa ating konstitusyon ng sa gayon tayo ay maging mge responsableng mamamayan.

Agree ako dyan, mga kapatid. In fact, I've been thinking of the same thing. I'll see what our office can do.

Thanks and hopefully we can help one another regarding this issue.