President Rodrigo R. Duterte created an Inter-Agency Task Force on Federalism (IATF) to raise public awareness on the proposed new system of government, amid survey results showing it is the least of Filipinos’ concerns.
Under Memorandum circular No. 52 signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea by authority of the President on Oct. 31, the IATF will take charge of “integrating, harmonizing, and coordinating ongoing efforts towards federalism and constitutional reform."
Among the inter-agency’s tasks are to develop strategies and implement such activities necessary and proper to raise public awareness on federalism and constitutional reform and prepare an information dissemination and public communication plan to ensure an effective, efficient, and uniform undertaking of advocacy activities.
Earlier, Duterte admitted that he could not convince everyone to support his push for federalism but noted that it will benefit the entire country through its wealth and power sharing feature.
Duterte said federalism might not assure improved economic condition right away but believes there is a chance it would spread the country’s wealth and resources evenly among the regions.
“It might help, it cannot guarantee prosperity kaagad (immediately) but it might help distribute the wealth of the nation among the local units,” Duterte said.
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SOURCE: PTV
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