Making It Fun in the Philippines

Today may not be the official Independence Day but it can still be celebrated that hundreds of years ago, the Philippines was finally liberated from Spanish rule. Now, with that crazy 4Ps-obsessed old man who just loves the 1987 Constitution as the "best constitution" in the world also argues that the Philippines must stick to presidential-unitary because it has hundreds of years experience in it and zero in parliamentary-federal . Worse, he even claims that federalism means several constitutions under one constitution and that the Philippines may have 17 constitutions due to having 17 drafts for a new constitution. That stupid old man who thinks he's so wise (just because he's an old man with a Math degree) must be decaying faster than he thinks. With his love for hundreds of years argument -- then it's time to throw it back at him again. Does he really even realize that before a hundred years that it always starts with ZERO? The Philippines was once a colony...

Today is July 4, 2016, and the truth is the Philippine Republic was truly born on July 4, 1946 . In short, the Philippines is only 70 years old since the Americans left. While June 12, 1898, is indeed an important date to note for liberation from Spain but the Philippines didn't become independent from foreign power until July 4, 1948. The Philippines became its own state after the Commonwealth period was over. Then we know that Manuel Roxas Sr., Mar Roxas' paternal grandfather became the first official president of the Philippines. Emilio Aguinaldo only ran a revolutionary government not a real one. The Philippine republic has had 38 years of real independence from foreign control and not 100+ years as we're led to believe last 1998. The centennial celebration should have only focused on the victory against the Spaniards but not to be referred to as Philippine independence day itself.