There was symmetry and wisdom in the decision of the Concom to prescribe term limits for all elected public officials, from the president, to the Congress, down to local government officials. We Filipinos have embedded in our fundamental law the principle of term limits. We have succeeded at this vital reform where Americans have been vainly trying up to now to introduce term limits in their Charter though a constitutional amendment. The entire letter and spirit of the Constitution is to set strict term limits for elected public officials. The theory of a “hiatus” and a “rest period” to enable politicians to circumvent the term limits set by the Constitution, is absurd.

Source: Manila Times May 17, 2019 18:11 UTC