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PNOY’S TERM EXTENSION

“A Necessity or Self Interest”

President Benigno Aquino III has said he may try to change the Constitution to limit the power of the “SUPREME COURT because it is a “threat to democracy and serve a second term in office, to ensure that his political reforms will continue a stunning announcement in a nation haunted by dictatorship.

Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said in one of his interview “that the president has no direct endorsement for 2016 presidential election and they are considering a term extension for President Aquino and may or may not have an election this 2016” lots of comments had been made to his statement, many concluded that is this a direct pronouncement of the term extension for PNOY.

We all know that President Aquino is one of the best presidents in our country, many people fully trust to his governance because of the economic state of our country, controversies had been exposed because of his leadership but it is not a ground to extend his term to ensure political reforms.

The 1987 Constitution restricts presidents to serving a single term of six years, designed to stop a repeat of Dictator Ferdinand Marcos's 20-years reign that ended in a People Power uprising in 1986.

There are two issues that we have to consider, first he wants to lessen the power of the supreme court  so that he can move and decide freely for our country without considering the supreme court, in analyzing this proposal we can clearly say that it can lead to another dictatorship, because there is no check and balances in the executive branch which happens in the time of Marcos.

Political Analysts Dr. Antonio Contreras said the issue to extend the term of the President and amending the 1987 constitution may divide the nation once more. Contreras believes Pnoy no longer has the support of the majority of the people as seen in the result of the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey wherein his approval rating dropped to a lowt 29 percent from 49 in March.

Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, on the other hand, said Pnoy’s ambition of remaining in office beyond 2016 will definitely court danger and may bring chaos.

We really don’t know the innermost motive of President Aquino why he is pursuing these amendments, pushing these issues will create other big problems in the future. Are these amendments will lead us to “DAANG MATIWID” or it will lead us to DIVISION.

Filipinos in our time today are very wise, watchful and fighters of truth, they will not allow self interest motives in our government. They experienced the hardship of dictatorship, that’s why people will not allow it to happen again. Filipinos are awake that’s why they surely protect this nation to self interest individuals. Do we need another people power to block this unconstitutional  term extension for PNOY.