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against each other for higher national taxes allotment share. In fine, local
governments want to raise the ante in the matter of power-tax-and-revenue
sharing with the central government in order to spur more growth and
development across the country. Notwithstanding what the Code was able to
accomplish, much remains to be done. Since we are living in this kind of status
quo, we are left with no choice but to move forward by making a huge leap in
shifting to a federal form of government.
3. The third point is in addressing the issue of the delay of the delivery of basic
services. The federal system of government can best address it since local
states have full control as to the allocation of funds for basic services as well as
on contingencies.
Finally, on the issue of corruption, it is our position that under a federal
government it could be minimized as to its extent, since it could no longer affect the
whole economy of the nation when one state is corrupt then it will be confined within
such particular state. According to an Australian Lawyer named Geoffrey de Q. Walker,
one of the advantages of a federal form of government is the so-called Fail-safe
design:
Besides acting as a brake on extreme or impetuous federal government activity,
federalism cushions the nation as a whole from the full impact of government errors or
other reverses. Lord Bryce likened a federal nation to a ship built with watertight
compartments.
For the same reason, damage control can bring results more quickly when the
impact or a mistake or misfortune can be localized in this way.
Mr. Moderator, I now rest my case.