“Chief Justice Davide calls this as a leap to hell. I don’t know how to intelligently answer that fear because I have not been to hell,” he said in jest. We should be able to lock horns with those opposed to shifting to federalism,” Puno said. ‘Conditions have changed’Puno said that if the Philippines would shift to federalism, the Constitution needed to be overhauled. Former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., also a proponent of federalism, likewise reiterated the need to revise the Constitution.

Source: Manila Times January 17, 2018 16:41 UTC