Hala! Sen. Robin Padilla Proposes Constitutional Amendments
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So yung unang rason na ito, I don't think it's because of the terms of our elected official ang nagkukos na itong mababang ranking natin sa Democracy Index.
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I think it's because of the politicking and because of the political agenda of some of the people in the executive and legislative branch.
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And dahil hindi nasa-separate yung legislative sa executive and sa judicial.
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Yun ang rason kung bakit mababang tayo sa Democracy Index.
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Next one, historical data from ADB reveals that in the past decade, political instability and frequent turnover of elected officials has been the identifier of major impediments to long-term planning and policy continuity.
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Honestly, if you look at it, maraming nga tayong political dynasties and yet if you think about it,
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it's saying that political instability is because of the turnover when in fact, ang tagal nga ng mga politiko natin dito.
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I think they're talking about the legal aspect but they're not talking about the real-life aspect, yung kung ano yung nangyari in real life sa Pilipinas.
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Na hindi nga frequent ang turnover eh. Ang tagal nga ng mga politiko natin dito eh.
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Perfect example, Juan Ponce Enrile. I think the man is over 100 years old and he's still here.
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He was here before 1986 and until now, andito pa siya.
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Okay, pangatlong reason daw.
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It is imperative to strike a balance between the need for policy continuity which requires adequate time for lawmakers to fulfill their legislative agenda
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and the need to prevent accumulation of power which may lead to political entrenchment.
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I agree with policy continuity.
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And I'm gonna explain to you which sections I agree with sa kanyang amendments ha, but not in totality.
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Kasi ang problema nga natin with the accumulation of power is that ang daming ang mga political dynasties sa Pilipinas.
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At sobra nga silang entrenched.
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Na nagkakaroon nga ng mga political armies at hindi nga silang matanggal sa kanilang posisyon.
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So changing the terms of the elected officials is not gonna help that.
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There has to be a different legislation to be able to address the issue of political dynasties.
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That is the real problem.
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Next, sabi niya dito, it's important to provide an allowable extension of service.
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Thus providing elected officials with a more substantial opportunity to affect long-term change.
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Again, I agree with what he's trying to say.
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Pero in reality nga kasi, ang tagal na nga ng ating mga politiko na namumuno sa ating bansa.
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Pero wala naman nang nangyaring mga effective long-term change.
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So they're able to skirt around this issue na and yet wala silang nagagawang pagbabago talaga.
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So I can't see kung paano ma-address ng law na ito yung mga issues ng political entrenchment directly.
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Ngayon himayin na natin yung mga amendments na gusto gawin ni Robin Hood Padilla.
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At tignan nga natin kung okay ba siya o hindi.
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Unang-una, section 2 of article 6.
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Now before I tell you the proposal, I'll first tell you what the current system is.
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Currently, 24 ang ating mga senador.
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Ang gusto ni Robin Hood Padilla i-propose at palitan ay gusto niyang gawing 54 ang senators natin.
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With the 30 additional senators being voted by region instead of a national election for the senators.
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For this section, I don't agree with Robin Padilla.
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And this is because by adding 30 more senators that are voted by region, that's actually redundant.
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Kasi yung kongreso nga ay voted by region.
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So parang ginawa mo na rin, nagboto ka ng mga kongresista na ilalagay mo sa senado.
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Eh bakit ka pa nagkaroon ng kongreso kung magkakaroon ka rin ng mga representatives per region in the senate?
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The senate is the upper house and the congress is the lower house.
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And they have fairly co-equal powers in terms of legislation.
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At dahil sa redundancy na ito, madadagdaga ng gastos ng ating bansa.
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Para bayaran ang mga senador na ito at ang kanilang mga opisina.
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Hindi gaganda ang mga batas natin at hindi lalong mag-i-improve ang proseso ng legislation by adding 30 more members to the senate.
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As a matter of fact, pag nagdadagdag ka ng ganyang karaming tao sa senado, lalong babagal ang proseso.
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So I don't agree with section 2 and I think that should be struck down and taken out.
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Ngayon, tignan naman natin yung section 4 of article 6.
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Now, the current term of the senators is 6 years with 2 consecutive terms for a total of 12 years in office.
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Ang pinopropose si Sen. Padilla ay gawing 8 years ang term ng isang senador.
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With 2 consecutive terms, that means that the senator is going to be in power for 16 years.
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At pinag-usapan niya dito yung term ng 30 regional senators.
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Okay, hindi ko na pag-uusapan niya because I don't agree with the 30 new senators.
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So I'll just talk about the 24 senators term, changing it from 6 to 8.
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I don't agree with extending it to 8 years.
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At dahil sobrang haba ng 8 years, na hindi ito makakadagdag sa improvement ng legislative process.
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And as a matter of fact, tingin ko na magkakaroon ito ng problema in the legislative process
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because pag ang isang tao nasa posisyon ng 8 years, maraming pwedeng mangyari.
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Pwede silang maging physically incapacitated o kaya mentally incapacitated.
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At magkakaroon ng problema to be able to find somebody to fill in their positions
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pag nagkaroon sila ng mental or physical incapacitation.
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Tapos to be able to vote for them after 8 years, karamihan sa atin,
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hindi na nga natin maaalala kung ano ba yung mga kapalpakan o mga magagaling na nagagawa nila.
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To be able to decide kung gusto pa natin sila i-reelect for another 8 years.
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Ito yung gusto ko i-propose kay Sen. Padilla.
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Imbis na gawing 8 years, gawin mo na lang 4 years ang term ng isang senador.
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Tapos allow them 3 quarters.
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In consecutive terms.
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In this way, they're able to still serve for 12 years.
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Pero in this case, meron tayong parang mid-term election to be able to decide kung gusto pa rin natin sila after 4 years.
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Kasi in 4 years, makikita natin kung effective ba itong senador na ito.
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Hindi. At kung hindi, palitan na siya after 4 years.
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At kung magaling siya, ibalik natin for another 4.
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At kung kaya pa niya, ibalik natin for another 4.
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Mas okay pa ako doon.
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Next, section 7 of article 6.
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Ito naman, pinag-uusapan yung ating kongreso.
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The current system allows for members of congress to have a term of 3 years and they can be elected 3 times.
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For a total of 9 years in office.
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Ngayon, gusto niya gawing 4 year terms for 3 consecutive times to make it 12 years in office.
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So for me, I'm indifferent towards it.
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Pwedeng 3 consecutive terms o kaya for congress, pwedeng gawin na lang natin 2 consecutive terms.
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Because being able to serve for 8 years is long enough anyway.
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And plus, I think it will help lessen the political entrenchment.
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Dahil magkakaroon tayo ng pagkakataon to be able to introduce new blood into the congress.
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And possibly better members of congress to be able to represent us.
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So it might be a better idea to limit the term to 2 years pero 4 year terms.
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For a total of 8 years.
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O, ito na yung juicy part.
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Yung section 4 of article 7.
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It's the term of the president and the vice president.
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Ang current system natin is the president and vice president is elected.
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Once for 6 years.
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At pinapalitan every 6 years.
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I actually like that.
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Because walang posibilidad na ma-reelect ang isang presidente.
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At hindi siya ma-e-entrench sa posisyon niya.
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At yung current system natin, yung president and vice president does not have to be from the same party.
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So you vote for them separately.
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Okay, ito yung pinapropose ni Senator Padilla.
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The president and vice president shall be elected as a joint candidate by direct vote from the people
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for a term of 4 years.
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And they shall not be elected for more than 2 terms.
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And dinagdag niya dito that a president who served for 2 terms
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shall not be qualified to run for any other elective position.
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And any person who has succeeded the president or vice president
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shall only be qualified for one election to the same office at any time.
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Kahit na hindi ako sang-ayon sa idea ng re-election for president and vice president,
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I actually like section 4 of article 7.
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Unang-una, I like the fact that it's a joint candidate.
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And I like the fact that it's only 4 years.
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This is actually the same as the presidential and vice presidential term sa United States.
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At kaya gusto ko ito dahil mas maikli ang 4 years kaysa sa 6 years.
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And it serves as some sort of a midterm vote of confidence or vote of no confidence
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for the president and vice president.
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So ibig sabihin yan, after 4 years, malalaman na natin, okay ba itong presidente na ito o hindi.
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At pag hindi siya okay, pwede natin siya palitan after 4 years.
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Malilimit yung damage na nagagawa ng presidente at vice president natin.
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At kung magaling naman sila, bibigyan natin sila ng fresh mandate to be able to continue in power for another 4 years.
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So I'm actually okay with this.
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At gusto ko yung pangalawang statement dito, no?
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That the president who shall serve 2 terms will not be qualified to run for any other elective office.
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I love that and that should be the case.
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Kasi tignan mo nga yung ating mga ibang past presidents, ngayon bumabalik as part of Congress.
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Tama na. Tapos ka na.
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At gusto ko rin itong sentence na ito eh.
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That any person na magsasakseed sa president or vice president,
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in other words, kumbaga let's say yung vice president ay naging presidente dahil nawala yung presidente,
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they can run one time.
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Then after that, hindi na siya pwede mag-run for re-election.
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And I think this could be good for the country dahil ito, magkakaroon tayo ng stability sa mga policies natin.
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Okay, and the last one here is yung section 8 of article 10,
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which is the term of elective office.
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Elective local officials, ito yung mga mayor, vice mayor, councillors.
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Yung current system natin is they're elected for 3 years and they can run for 3 consecutive terms.
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Ngayon, ang pinopropose dito is palitan yan to 4 years and then they can run for 3 consecutive terms.
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This one, I agree with.
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Kasi I think that the 3-year term for local government, mga mayors and vice mayors ay sobrang ikli.
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Dahil isipin mo ito ah.
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Pag na-elect sila, the first year in office, they're probably just learning their job
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and they're trying to implement the policy.
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Second year, na-implement na siguro yung policies and by the third year,
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they're already preparing to run for re-election.
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So, imbis na magtatrabaho sila on the third year, they're focusing on re-election.
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So, hindi nila talaga na gagawa yung trabaho na tama.
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Pero by extending it to 4 years, it allows them more time to be able to implement real change in the local government.
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And then, after 4 years, we can look at it and decide,
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oh, effective ba itong mayor na ito o itong vice mayor na ito o itong mga councillors na ito?
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And then, either give them a vote,
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a vote of confidence or a vote of no confidence to be able to continue for another term.
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Ngayon, sinasabi dito sa proposal is it should be 3 consecutive terms.
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I'm not really sure if I'm okay with 3 terms kasi that'll mean 12 years in office versus the current 9 years.
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I think maybe okay na yung 8 years in office similar to the president
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because for the executive departments naman tulad ng mga mayor and vice mayor and president,
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I think they can do enough for the country and for their city
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in an 8-year time.
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At naniniwala ako that the executive positions are more taxing.
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Mas mahirap siya at mas maraming trabaho.
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That 8 years is long enough.
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And I think there should always be a new fresh perspective after 8 years na hindi na patatagalin beyond that.
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Para may fresh ideas palagi, fresh way of looking at things.
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Kasi sometimes, pag sobrang tagal ka na sa isang trabaho, magiging complacent ka eh.
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At nagbibigay tayo ng opportunity for other people to be able to inject new ideas and new policies
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based on the current times.
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And in this way, it'll make the city more progressive.
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Yes to 4 years but limited to 2 consecutive terms only for local elective officials.
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Here are my final thoughts on this.
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I think na may merits naman itong pinopropose ni Sen. Padilla.
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At meron ako nakikitang pwede mga benefits dito.
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Pero ang tingin kong kailangan talaga pag-isipan ang ating mga senador in studying this proposal
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is meron bang problema ang ating current system na kailangan na agad dito?
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Pagpalitan in terms of terms of elected officials.
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O kaya is there a different proposal that can address the issue of political entrenchment and political instability?
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At ang isa pang angulo na kailangan pag-isipan ng mga senador bago nilang pag-usapan itong resolution na ito ay
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meron bang mga legislation na mas importante at mas urgent at mas kailangan iprioridad imbis na ito?
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Kung meron yun, kailangan nilang unahin yun.
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Dahil I believe there is legislation.
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That directly impacts the lives of Filipinos na kailangan ng pag-usapan at gawin.
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At pag matatapos nila lahat yun, baka pwede nila itong pag-usapan.
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Pero kung tingin nila kaya nilang gawin lahat na itong mga legislative agendas nila
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all at the same time na hindi ma-de-delay yung mga priority legislation, then by all means go for it.
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Kung willing sila mag-work overtime to be able to make this all happen at the same time, who am I to stop them? Diba?
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The more hardworking the senators are, the better for the country.
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Ikaw, anong tingin mo? Agree ka ba dito kay Sen. Robin Padilla at yung kanyang mga proposals?
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O kaya apektado ka ba sa bias mo against him or for him that affects your decision making process?
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Gusto ko marinig lahat ng mga opinion nyo whether you agree or disagree o kaya baka may mga namiss akong mga points.
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Please write all of that in the comment section below. I'm gonna be reading some of these comments.
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At sana nakatulong itong video neto para makapag-isip tayo ng mas maayos at mas maging critical thinkers tayo para sa kauunlad ng ating buong bansa.
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At ng ating mga kababayan.
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Salamat ito si Kristen. Magkita tayo muli sa aking susunod na video.
