Will the nation ever have the will to rewrite its 1987 Constitution?

WHEN the Filipino charter framers of our 1935 and 1987 Constitutions copied the provisions of the 1787 US Constitution for a bicameral legislature, they also brought to our shores and into our baptism in self-government defects in constitutional structure that hobble the workings of our government.I did not stumble on this insight on my own steam; some highly credentialed scholars and authors led me to the water so I could drink.

In the article 'Let's get representative,' which was published by The New Republic on June 29, 1987, Hendrik Hertzberg wrote at the time of the celebration of the 200th birthday of the US Constitution that there was rising discussion in America of the shortcomings and flaws of the Constitution. He wrote:'The more thoughtful critics of the system of government chartered by the Constitution point to two great flaws in it; it is weak, and it is unrepresentative.

The Nation Ever Have The Will To Rewrite Its 1987 Constitution?

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