http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20180404-122935 https://verfassungsblog.de/complexities-of-constitutional-change-in-the-philippines/ Complexities of Constitutional Change in the Philippines Saunders, Cheryl Yusingco, Michael Henry eng 2018-04-04 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Reform federalism Rodrigo Duterte Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in July 2016, His party, PDP-Laban, had campaigned under the slogan: “No to Drugs, Yes to Federalism”. Duterte thus is committed to shepherding the Philippines towards a federal form of government; an undertaking that would require an extensive overhaul of the country’s constitution. The future of constitutional change under Duterte in any event is uncertain for a series of constitutional and political reasons. Critically, some of the most pressing of these concern the process of constitutional change itself.