Proposals for charter change and federalism / Institute for Autonomy and Governance.

Contains information on the proposals of: the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments to the 1987 Constitution,Consultative Commission for Charter Change 2005, Pimentel et al., and the Citizen's Movement for a Federal Philippines Draft Constitution on the Philippine Constitution of 1987.The Consultative Commission for Charter Change has suggested revisions to the 1987 constitution which are located in the Articles with headings such as Parliament, The Prime Minister and the Cabinet,The President,The Judiciary,and The Constitutional Commissions.Pimentel et al. opt for federal government with bicameral legislature while CMFP chose federalism with unicameral legislature. The House Committee on Constitutional Amendements settles for unicameral parliament with legislative power,the Consultative Commission provides unicameral parliament the combined powers of the executive and legislative bodies.