Thursday, January 10, 2008

Contending ideas of the people about Charter Change

  1. Cha-cha is the "mother of all reforms."
    It highlights four key changes, namely:
    -shift from presidential to parliamentary
    -shift from bicameral to unicameral legislature
    -shift from unitary to federal government
    -lifting of citizenship restriction in owning lands
    and businesss in the country (economic liberalization,
    from 40% to 100% share)
    It will lead to economic, political, bureaucratic and social reforms.
    Mode (?)
    -Con-Ass (revison)
    -Con-Con (revision)
    -People's Initiative (amendments only)
  2. Cha-cha is needed but after Gloria steps down from office.
    Gloria and her minions will only use
    it to extend their term in office.
  3. Cha-cha is not the answer to the
    myriad of problems in the country.
    Cha-cha does not guarantee any meaningful and substantive
    change considering the timing and motivation of the proposal,
    and the set of people behind it.

DS 112 recorded speech (alternative theories and approaches)

Present a recorded 3-minute speech about your assigned topic. Situate it in the context of the Global South. Provide an appropriate title. P...