(Eagle News) — Filipinos can now send their comments on the federal charter proposed by the Consultative Commission online, a Department of the Interior and Local Government official said on Friday, Aug. 24.
According to Assistant Secretary Jonathan Malaya, the public “may send their comments, reactions, suggestions and questions about federalism to the email: info@pederalismo.org.ph or message the DILG Center for Federalism and Constitutional Reform team on Facebook @pederalismo.”
“The DILG is pleased to hear that the President is making the process of amending the constitution an inclusive and democratic process,” Malaya said.
According to Malaya, the DILG was also “currently conducting its information drive on federalism, organizing roadshows in the regions to increase public awareness.”
He said “the work for public awareness” after all “isn’t over.”
For this, he said the DILG will seek the help of Con-com members former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr., Atty. Antonio Arellano, Professor Edmund Tayao, and others.
President Rodrigo Duterte has said that a federal type of government would address the problems besetting Mindanao.