Leading Philippine presidential candidate vows to rewrite constitution, establish parliamentary federal form of government

<p>Philippine mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who has an unbeatable lead in unofficial tallies in the country’s presidential race, will push to rewrite the constitution and change to a parliamentary system of government, his spokesman has said.</p><p>Speaking to reporters on Tuesday morning a few hours after Duterte claimed victory, Peter Lavina said the plan “will require a wide national consensus beginning with asking congress to call for a constitutional convention.”&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 20.4px;">He added: “There will be major rewriting of our constitution.”</span></p>
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