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Would Rizal have chosen federalism?
By: Randy David, June 19th, 2016, Philippine Daily Inquirer
(http://opinion.inquirer.net/95272/would-rizal-have-chosenfederalism#ixzz4ElDo5yeA)
Summary:
The article states that after one hundred and 24 years, Rizal
envisioned the nation that would be built on the foundations of the Liga, it
states the country will be nowhere near the democratic and prosperous
society that he imagined the country could be. It has to do with the form of
government and also with the feudal social structure, at the root of which is a
property system that has consigned more than half of the population to a life
of perpetual deprivation, dependence, and ignorance.
The author then, in the later part of the essay, verbalized his
dissatisfaction about federalism as a solution to poverty and inequality.
Reaction:
Federalism is defined as the allocation of power between the national
government and regional government. A system of government in which the
power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units.
Is it advisable for a country like us to adapt this kind of government? Would
Rizal have proposed a federal system of government for an independent
Filipino nation? Although Im not sure if Rizal was really a federalist since
nothing in his writings suggests that he believed in complicating the task of
building a unified and strong nation by making space for the creation of
autonomous regional governments.
could easily take over the islands by exploiting internal dissensions, once