Federalism is a type of government in which the power is divided between the national government and other governmental units. It contrasts with a unitary government, in which a central authority holds the power, and a confederation, in which states, for example, are clearly dominant. To empower the regions outside Metro Manila as well as avoid the further fragmentation of provinces and towns to suit the interests of some groups or political clans, Federalism is one of the pillars of the campaign promise of President Rodrigo Duterte. The Philippines is a unitary state with the President as both the head of state and the head of government. The government of the Philippines is made up of three interdependent branches which are the legislative, the executive, and the judicial system. Changing our government to Federalism, the autonomous states are even further divided into local government units. They will have the main responsibility over developing their local industries, public healt
h and safety, education, transportation, and culture. These states have more power over their finances, policies, development plans, and laws. But are we ready for this type of government system? Are the people ready for federalism? Momentarily, the Philippines is not under a good state. Rate of poverty gets higher, more crimes and violence are happening, corruption in the government hasnt still stopped, our president have his own definition of Human Rights and do you think that changing our government system to a federalist one will solve all of this? In the list of what can make our country better at this time, given the prevailing political culture, our need for laws to fight corruption ranks much higher in importance and urgency than the need to shift to a federal system of government. The Philippines is under a lot of problems right now, and I believe that changing our government to a federalist system, is not the solution, perhaps it will only be caging our already caged nation.