July - August 2018 ISSN 2243-8173-18-04 Diagnosing pathologies What’s inside? in the 1987 Constitution By Atty. Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco, LL.M a) Charter Change under the Duterte The 1987 Constitution is considered one of the most enduring administration...
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July - August 2018 ISSN 2243-8173-18-04 Diagnosing pathologies What’s inside? in the 1987 Constitution By Atty. Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco, LL.M a) Charter Change under the Duterte The 1987 Constitution is considered one of the most enduring administration constitutions in the world because it has stood for three decades without any amendment. This is an odd quality considering that most b) How constitutional pathologies are constitutional scholars will agree that a constitution is never infallible diagnosed or immortal even as they continue to debate amongst themselves the ideal lifespan of a nation-state’s charter. c)The importance of conducting the diagnostic process But none of these experts will ever deny that pathologies in a constitution can emerge during its reign.1 These pertain to provisions in the constitutional text itself that may have been designed with good intentions but have eventually become debilitating to the political system it purports to govern. Our very own 1987
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