THE looming constituent assembly should throw to the garbage bin the existing limits on the terms of senators, congressmen and local government officials. The present Constitution limits senators to two consecutive terms, and congressmen and local elective officials to three consecutive terms. President Rodrigo Duterte ran for congressman after his third consecutive term as Davao City mayor. Thus, after one term at the House, Duterte went back to Davao City as city mayor. He fretted at the Senate and served only three years of his six-year term to run for city mayor again.

Source: Manila Times March 21, 2017 16:07 UTC