The Federal Republic of the Philippines is a proposed state upon the revision of the current Philippine 1987 constitution. Under the Joint Resolution No. 10, proposed by senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr., the creation of eleven States out of the Philippine Republic which would establish centers of finance and development in the archipelago. Aquilino "Nene" Quilinging Pimentel Jr (born December 11, 1933) is a Filipino politician
Joint Resolution No. 10
The resolution will require the revision of 14 of the existing 18 Articles of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and the addition of two new articles. It seeks to adopt a federal presidential bicameral form of government. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. In Government, bicameralism (bi + Latin la ''camera'' chamber is the practice of having two legislative or Parliamentary chambers Thus a bicameral
Senate Majority
This proposed bill is backed by the 13 senators of the republic of the Philippines:
- Senate Minority Floor Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. filed Senate Resolution No. Aquilino "Nene" Quilinging Pimentel Jr (born December 11, 1933) is a Filipino politician 10
- Senate President Manuel Villar
- Sen. Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar Jr (born December 13, 1949) is a Filipino businessman and politician currently the President of the Senate Edgardo Angara
- Sen. For other uses please see Angara (disambiguation. Edgardo Javier Angara (born September 24, 1934) is a politician in Pia Cayetano
- Sen. Pilar Juliana "Pia" Cayetano-Sebastian, popularly known as CompaƱera Pia or Pia (born Pilar Juliana Schramm Cayetano on March 22, Juan Ponce Enrile
- Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile (born February 14, 1924) is a political figure in the Philippines Francis Escudero
- Sen. Francis Joseph Guevara Escudero (born October 10, 1969 Jinggoy Estrada
- Sen. Jose Pimentel Ejercito (born on February 17, 1963) better known as Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, is a former action star and the current senator Gregorio Honasan
- Sen. Gregorio Ballesteros Honasan II (born March 14, 1948) better known as Gringo Honasan, is a Filipino political figure Panfilo Lacson
- Sen. Panfilo Morena "Ping" Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of Francis Pangilinan
- Sen. Francis Nepomuceno Pangilinan (born August 24, 1963) also known as Kiko Pangilinan, is a politician in the Philippines. Ramon Revilla Jr.
- Sen. Jose Marie Mortel Bautista (born September 25, 1966) more popularly known by his screen name Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr Rodolfo Biazon
- Sen. Rodolfo "Pong" Gaspar Biazon (born April 14, 1935) is a politician in the Philippines. Miguel Zubiri[1]
Eleven States
The states would be Northern Luzon, Central Luzon, Southern Tagalog, Bicol, Minparom (Mindoro, Palawan, and Romblon), Eastern Visayas, Central Visayas, Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Southern Mindanao and Bangsamoro. Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is a Filipino politician who served as a Congressman representing the third district of Bukidnon for three consecutive Luzon is the largest and most economically and politically important Island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country with Visayas Central Luzon (or " Gitnang Luzon " in Filipino), also known as Region III (or Region 3) is an administrative division Southern Tagalog, or Region IV, was a region of the Philippines that is now composed of Region IV-A (CALABARZON and Region IV-B (MIMAROPA For the unincorporated community of Mindoro Wisconsin in the United States of America see Mindoro Wisconsin. Palawan is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. Romblon ( is an Island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region in Luzon. Eastern Visayas is one of the two regions of the Philippines having no land border with another region MIMAROPA being the other and is designated Central Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VII Western Visayas, one of the regions of the Philippines, is designated as Region VI Designated as Region X of the Philippines, Northern Mindanao ( Filipino Hilagang Mindanao) is composed of five Davao Region, designated as Region XI, is one of the regions of the Philippines, located on the southeastern portion of Mindanao. This article deals with the land claimed by the Moro people For the region controlled by them see: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. [2] These would be similar to the US 50 states.
Federal Administrative Region
Metro Manila will be patterned to the US Washington DC, and will be the seat of the Federal government. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D [2]
Senators Based on states
Other major proposals: the election of senators based on states; the election of senators representing overseas voters; the election of the president and the vice-president as a team; the abolition of the Judicial and Bar Council which screens nominees to the judiciary etc. [3]
References
- ^ Federalism gets majority backing in Senate
- ^ a b Eleven senators endorse federal system of govt.
- ^ In a surprise move, senators give qualified yes to charter debate.
External links
- Press release: Pimentel files resolution on federal system, Senate of the Philippines, 14th Congress, April 23, 2008, <http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2008/0423_pimentel1.asp>. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 2008-04-25
- Aquilino Q. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. Pimentel, Jr. (23 April 2008), Joint Resolution No. 10: A Joint Resolution to convene Congress into a Constituent Assembly for the purpose of revising the constitution to establish a federal system of government, Senate of the Philippines, <http://www.senate.gov.ph/14th_congress/resolutions/sjr-10.pdf>. Events 215 BC - A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Retrieved on 13 May 2008
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