The DILG said that constitutional reform is in fact connected to the coronavirus pandemic.
He said that the COVID-19 crisis has shown that the unequal regional economic development has been a “bane to Philippine progress.”
According to Malaya, there should be a greater distribution of resources to the provinces so that the country can be better prepared for another future pandemic. “Every time charter change, or constitutional reform, is on the table, there is always this argument: why now? Why should we discuss about it? The problem with that kind of argument is that we’ve never had a serious discussion on the issue itself. It’s always about the timing. It’s always about the alleged ulterior motives of those pushing for it,” he said.
“Let me state for the record that there is nothing in the CORE proposals that are being pushed for by the DILG which seeks to do away with the 2022 elections,” he said, calling the argument a “misfire.”“When are we going to have that national conversation? In the next administration? We have been pushing this off for the past six administrations,” Malaya also said.
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