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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
WAYS THE “PEOPLE’S DRAFT” ADDRESSES CORRUPTION
1. LESS POLITICIANS. Only City & Municipal Councilors elected by voters. Councilors choose Mayor. Mayors comprise Provincial Board. Board chooses Governor. Mayors appoint Barangay Kagawad. Sanggunian chooses Pinuno. City & Municipality as basic LGU. Posts ex-officio. Less officials. Less elections. Less tong-pats. Less pork barrel. Less red tape.
2. LESS POLITICIANS. Mayors & Congressmen comprise regional assembly, if any. Posts ex-officio. Less officials. Less elections. Less tong-pats. Less pork barrel. Less red tape.
3. EASY ELECTIONS. City & Municipal Councilors elected in multiple but small single-member districts, equivalent to congressional sub-districts. Small voting area. Less campaign expenses. Voters, candidates, their families, likely know each other. Less influence by corrupt media. Less effective vote-buying.
4. EASY REMOVAL. City & Municipal Councilors, from small single-member districts, removed by stronger modes of recall. Petition by voters, or by Barangay Kagawad. No need to wait for next elections. Mid-term accountability.
5. EASY REMOVAL. City & Municipal Mayors, Provincial Governors, Barangay Pinuno & Regional
Chief, if any, removed by vote of no-confidence. No need for criminal or administrative cases. Loss of trust enough to remove. Immediate accountability.
6. EASY REMOVAL. President removed by vote of no-confidence. No more impeachment. Although immune from suit, loss of trust by Congress enough to remove. Immediate accountability.
7. EASY REMOVAL. Congressmen removed by strong modes of recall. Petition by voters, or by City & Municipal Councilors. No need to wait for next elections. Mid-term accountability.
8. EASY REMOVAL. COA, CSC, Comelec & Ombudsman downgraded to statutory bodies. Can be removed like any public official by admin or criminal cases. No more impeachment. Only SC protected by impeachment process, to preserve independence of judiciary.
9. LESS LOBBYING. Legislature set as single body. Only 1 approval needed to pass law. Presently needs 3 approvals to pass law (i.e. Congress, Senate, Bicam). Less expenses. Less red tape. Faster approval.
10. SHARED RESPONSIBILITY. Mandate given to party/coalition, not to single person. Congress & Councils set policy. They also choose implementors of policy. Congress hires-and-fires President. Council hires-and-fires Mayor, Governor, Pinuno & Regional Chief, if any.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
People's Draft: Palakasin ang mga rehiyon, upang lahat kayang maka ahon
Bakit ang mga probinsya, palaging dumudulog sa Maynila, hindi lang sa mga mahalagang programa, pati na rin sa mga sakuna, bagyo, baha, lindol, bulkan, at pandemya? Wala bang marunong at matino sa mga rehiyon, sa Maynila lang talaga merong ganoon? Diba maraming nasa Maynila, galing din naman sa probinsya? Kaya nagsisikipan nang marami duon, mga negosyante at manggagawa kaunti lang sa rehiyon. Mga malalaking programa, plano at proyekto sa rehiyon, aprubado ng mga taong ‘di pa naka punta duon. Kapag may kuro-kuro o reklamo ang mga taga-kanayunan, kinikimkim at tinitiis na lamang. Baguhin at ayusin na natin ang sistema sa mga rehiyon, nang umayos ang pamamalakad at kabuhayan duon. Bigyan sila ng sapat na kapangyarihan, nang makatulong sa kaunlaran ng bayan. Palakasin ang mga rehiyon, upang lahat ay kayang maka-ahon. #PeoplesDraft
Friday, February 11, 2022
10-Point Agenda of LMPF
LUMAD MINDANAW respectfully submits this 10-Point
Statement of Issues and Concerns for consideration by the candidates
for President, who seek to govern and unify the Nation composed of Tri-People,
namely the Christians, the Muslims and the Indigenous People.
1. Restructure the Legal Framework by adopting the
“People’s Draft” Constitution. Kini lang paglaum nga adunay pagbabago.
Kung walay pagbag’o sa Batakang Balaod, walay katumanan ang giingon nga “pagbabago”.
Ang tanan estorya sa mga politicos aron lang makuha o mapadayon ang poder.
2. Restructure the NCIP and establish Service Centers
per tribe. Paphaon ang Provincial Offices, ug NCIP Service Center per
tribe ang ipuli. Provide ample budget for implementation. NCIP Central
Office> NCIP Regional Offices> NCIP Tribal/People Service Center. Ang
employees sa maong service centers gikan sa tribo mismo nga giserbisyohan, aron
nga malikayan ang language ug cultural gaps sa NCIP SC ug sa mga komunidad.
Malikayan dinhi ang graft and corruption, kay nagkailhanay man ang taga-service
center ug ang komunidad.
3. Establish IP/Lumad Peace Sanctuaries in Mindanao
to sustain the move to end local communist terrorism, particularly in the
countryside.
4. Conduct demographic study on IP populations
in the entire country, i.e. Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao.
5. Establish/Implement creation of IP barangays
based on provisions of RA 8371 and RA 7160.
6. Allocate adequate funds for CADT and ADSDPPs,
para mapadali ang pag-isyu sa mga CADT ug plano.
7. Provide IPMR in Congress (1-Luzon,
1-Visayas ug 1-Mindanao) and Regional Bodies. Revise for this
purpose DILG Memo. Cir. No. 2010-119, and/or other relevant regulation.
8. Amend RA 10591 and/or IRR para ang mga tribal
leaders ug mga bagani adunay katungod nga maka-armas agi
og depensa sa ilang kaugalingon, komunidad, sa tibuok nga kayutaan sakop sa CADT.
Ang “ancestral lands” nga gipanag-iya sa tribo o “private property”, mao sab ni
ilahang “place of residence”.
9. I-implementar ang pag-amuma sa kinaiyahan,
ilabi na ang kalasangan nga gikinahanglan ang pagpatuman sa reforestation sa
mga CADT, pinaagi sa pagpananum sa endemic species. Protektahan ang mga
tubdanan sa tubig nga nagsupply sa dakung kasyudaran.
10. Tangtangon ang NCIP sa 2012 JAO with LRA, DAR,
DENR, kay “private property” ang “ancestral lands” sukad pa sa karaang
panahon, bisan sa wala pa ang Republika. Cariño v. Insular Govt. (1909).
03 Pebrero 2022. Mindanaw, Pilipinas.
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