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Article: CHARTER REFORMS TO END POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: PHILIPPINE OFFICIAL.
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- April 25, 2006
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MANILA, April 25 Asia Pulse - The Presidential Office said on Monday that changing the Constitution to pave the way for the shift from presidential to parliamentary form of government would remove the never-ending political gridlock that has stalled the country's development and progress.
But Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye stressed that to break the "perpetual political gridlock" that has hounded the country over the years entails an "honorable sacrifice to be made by our senators in exchange for a brighter future for our nation."
Following the Supreme Court's decision on Executive Order 464, some senators have openly declared ...