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How we spent our Holy Week

Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:05 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

Semana Santa and the Jewish tradition WHEN I was in grade school, we were asked to write about how we spent our summer vacation or Christmas holidays and read them out in front of the class. But I couldn’t remember…

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Presidential system, patronage politics and political dynasties

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 12:08 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

WHEN the Consultative Committee (Con-com) last February 27, voted to uphold the status quo by defending the presidential system, I criticized the move in my Manila Times column (March 8, 2018). I quote:“But the most glaring defect of the presidential…

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Game of thrones (Part 2)

Thursday, 22 March 2018 11:35 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

Gloria, in excelsisPart 2“And here awaits one astute politician who may have calculated these permutations and may now be positioned for any eventuality.” (“Game of thrones, Part 1, The Manila Times, March 15, 2018)AFTER Ferdinand Marcos, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA)…

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Game of thrones

Thursday, 15 March 2018 11:49 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE HBO original series presented an interesting study of the political nature of our species, keeping the audience totally engrossed for the past seven seasons. Power, the use and misuse of power and even the non-use of power have been…

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CON-COM HEARING. Former Chief Justice and Consultative Committee (Con-com) chair Renato Puno leads the En Banc session on the proposed federal form of government at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Tuesday (Feb. 27, 2018). The Con-Com members voted for a federal-presidential system instead of the hybrid semi-presidential system at 11-7. (PNA photo by Gil Calinga)

Can Con-com, Con-ass speak for us?

Thursday, 08 March 2018 11:33 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

THE executive order creating the 25-man Consultative Commission or Committee (Con-com) to advise President Duterte on the revisions of the 1987 Constitution has been inordinately delayed. Signed on December 7, 2016, it took the President 14 months to constitute its…

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EDSA, Nene, the Deegong, Concom, atbp.

Friday, 02 March 2018 09:29 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

NOW that the 25-man Consultative Commission (Concom) is constituted, the serious task of crafting the federal constitution is off to an auspicious start. Although the body is still six commissioners short, I hear from the grapevine that the Deegong may…

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EDSA people power – then and now

Thursday, 22 February 2018 13:38 Written by Lito Monico Lorenzana

TODAY is the start of the four-day commemoration of the EDSA People Power Revolution of 1986. After 32 years, the euphoria of those days has subsided; the memory of people dancing in the streets upon the news of a dictator…

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Economic underpinnings of the Centrist proposals

Thursday, 15 February 2018 10:11 Written by LITO MONICO C. LORENZANA

CANDIDATE DU30’s federalism refrain wedded to his crude and brutal street lingo and earthy demeanor resonated among the voters tired of the “same old, same old.” Except for the imprecise but romantic idea of “freeing the periphery from imperial Manila,”…

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