Constituency for change

In her column at the Manila Times, ad executive and political and election management expert Malou Tiquia writes:

"If the framing of the presidential debate for 2016 is continuity versus change, one needs to look at the survey results and see that there is an incipient constituency for change ..."

Reading from the current political landscape in the country, she must be referring to no other than our Federalist movement led by Mayor Rody Duterte. Incipient maybe, but there is no doubt that we are gaining ground and gaining headway fast. On Valentine's Day, I wrote Federalism: at the fringes today, centerstage soon. 

In only about three months, Federalism and Duterte have been thrusts into the national agenda. Not bad!

I sent the following comment:

"Duterte is clearly the only presidentiable with a concrete change agenda - shift to federal-parliamentary system to address problems on peace, development, good government. All the others are business-as-usual."