Philippine Politicians Still Dancing over Charter Change
On Wednesday, galvanized by the baldness of a parliamentary maneuver to restart a long-stalled move to amend the Philippines' unwieldy 1987 Constitution, protesters will again take to the streets of Manila, led by Catholic bishops. So what else is new?
After months of jockeying, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's allies in the Philippine House of Repres…
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