Senator Akilino Kofopi-Mentel, the third said in a forum at the Senate of the Philippines that the country can create a unique federal system that will fit the country's needs. Joyce Palacho will tell us why. The release is not a perfect system, but it may be the answer to the country's lingering problems, especially those who did because of our multi-cultural nature of the Philippines society. Senator Akilino Kofopi-Mentel, the third stress in the third Senate's sentinel lecture, the need to transform our government system to federal form. He said the country has suffered perennial problems through the years, under the unitary system of government. The highly centralized and unitary system that we have had for more than a century has resulted in an imbalance in the distribution of resources among LGUs. And most important, it has hampered the speedy development of a lot of areas in our country, particularly those in the countryside. Though there were many models so far to relisten that we can adopt, he said we can create our own model while getting the best practices of other nations. The local government development foundation, executive director Ed Montayau believes so too. We have to understand carefully what the works best, what fits our conditions. So the problem is that you don't only have the model, but also the conditions that are in the Philippines that can be put in the new system. Former Senator Akilino Pimentel Jr. illustrated in the forum earlier, the former federal system that he sees fit for the Philippines. He says our country can be divided to 11 federal states, far from Luzon, far from Vesias and three from Mindanao. Minwell Metro Manila will be converted to federal administrative region. This by these divisions Pimentel Proposes to still have a common constitution for states, one on forces of the federal republic, one central bank, monetary system, foreign policy and public education system. Former Senator Akilino Pimentel Jr. is in favor of changing the government system through con-ass or constitutional assembly. However he insists that before we adopt these transformations, the public should first understand how these changes will impact their lives. Senator Pimentel opiates the federal system can be a solution to numerous problems we are facing since it will pave way for the decentralization of powers of the central government, to regional and local government. Joyce Balancho, Uintv News and Rescue, Senate of the Philippines.