Not many understood what Vinzons meant, but in 1972, upon the declaration of martial law, constitutional scholars finally understood what he said 37 years ago. Inverted federalism: Not a solution but a much bigger problemSenate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel 3rd is “alarmed” that 73 percent of those allegedly polled by one propaganda pollster know nothing or so little about the 1987 Constitution. It is an inverted federalism—federalism in reverse—a perversion of the concept, which unavoidably raises strong suspicions of pre-planned secessionism. Then they came for the drug user, but I did not speak out because I was not a drug user. “First, they came for the drug pusher, but I did not speak out—because I was not a drug pusher.

Source: Manila Times August 07, 2016 14:26 UTC