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                    [Title] => Fighting corruption with a unicameral parliament
                    [Summary] => Some people actually think we may not need to import a media-bashing Tony Kwok, the nemesis of corrupt Hongkong public officials, to fight our own incorrigible grafters. Since there is some consensus that the high cost of national and, for that matter, local elections in the Philippines is the "root cause" of political corruption, the proponents of charter change theorize that a shift to a unicameral parliamentary system may be just what this country needs.

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(Part 2)
I am sorely tempted to divert from this consideration of the pros and cons of a unicameral parliamentary system, an exercise we’ve decided to undertake, mainly because we don’t know for sure what sort of discussions the defunct Consultative Commission, or Concom, had on the subject.
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[DatePublished] => 2004-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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[DatePublished] => 2006-01-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532288 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315184 [Title] => The proposed shift to a unicameral parliament [Summary] =>
(Part 2)
I am sorely tempted to divert from this consideration of the pros and cons of a unicameral parliamentary system, an exercise we’ve decided to undertake, mainly because we don’t know for sure what sort of discussions the defunct Consultative Commission, or Concom, had on the subject.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134872 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1532288 [AuthorName] => MY VIEWPOINT By Ricardo V. Puno, Jr. [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 240719 [Title] => He projected his sincerity, and in a cynical society that gleams like gold [Summary] => We’ve been receiving a torrent of comments, phone calls, and non-stop text messages, about our IMPACT 2004 no-holds-barred dialogue with FPJ. So have ABS-CBN and The Philippine STAR. From friends in the AB sector, many remarks were derisive of Ronnie Poe, as might have been expected. Some were encouraging.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133172 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1510184 [AuthorName] => Max V. Soliven [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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