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PUBLISHER Kalatas Media
MANAGING EDITOR Maria Phillips
CONSULTING EDITOR Jaime K. Pimentel
CORRESPONDENTS Alfredo Roces
Violi Calvert
Mitchell Badelles
Michelle Baltazar
Marco Selorio
Marilie Bomediano
Joseph Orbase
COLUMNISTS Jim Paredes
Jessie Icao
Hank Jongen
Dom Mella
Jerone Balagtas
Fe Watmore
ADVERTISING/CIRCULATION Marilie Bomediano
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Tess Ussia
'Knifing' of a Prime Minister
puts a dent on the system
WE witnessed, only recently, how swiftly the
head of government in this country’s federal
system can be – excuse the term - ‘beheaded’.
The incumbent prime minister of the land,
Malcolm Turnbull, was replaced by his
treasurer Scott Morrison within minutes –
only two years into his term - in a ‘party room’
meeting by a handful of his own political
colleagues who put him there in the first place.
A sobering experience to watch – through
the press – the ‘knifing’ of a leader, taking us
back to Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar facing his
attackers, reeling as friends-turned-enemies
took turns stabbing him: “Et tu, Brute?” (And
you, too, Brutus?) he gasped at his closest
friend Brutus.
It could not have happened so swiftly in a
republican system of government.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte may
have to think again about moving to change the
country’s republican system of government to
a parliamentary system should he choose to
continue his leadership style.
Some armchair political analysts have
suggested, after watching this latest political
crisis in Australia, that President Duterte may
not have survived as head of state so long
had he been Prime Minister of a Philippine
parliamentary system of government.
He may be popular with voters, but it has
been suggested that the president does
not appear to have the same support in the
Congress.
But then again, who are we to say
which system of government was better:
Parliamentary or Republican? Or a system
under communism or dictatorship?
We are not, after all, experts or
knowledgeable enough to determine what
would suit a democracy-loving people such as
Filipinos and Australians.
Maybe it’s a good time, at least for Filipinos,
to reflect and understand which system of
government would suit the population better.
Or best.
- Jaime K Pimentel, Editor
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