Don't Wait Until Manila Enters The List Of History's Longest Traffics, Shift To Federalism Now

As the Constitutional Assembly for Federalism begins, it's time to consider the flaws of one of the world's biggest economies namely China. Although Deng Xiaoping should be credited for making China a world power through free trade but he failed to see the benefits of federalism over unitary form of government.

The Philippines can learn from China the principles of economic liberalization and business principles but it should reject the unitary form of government. If the Philippines has Imperial Manila then China has Imperial Beijing. China could have avoided lesser problems with traffic in Beijing if their government shifted to a federal form of government considering it's the largest population in the world.

Forbes mentions that China entered the worst traffic jam in history last August 2010. Here's what it says that should show the big problem of unitary form of government in a big country:

Beijing, China: August 2010. Imagine being trapped in a 62-mile long traffic jam that lasted for an incredible 12 days. That just what happened to the poor folks attempting to traverse the Beijing-Tibet expressways in August of 2010, for which the trip took as long as three days. Not caused by closure or natural disaster, this all-time tie-up cause was simply the result of too many vehicles clogging the road, particularly a bevy of heavy trucks carrying construction supplies into Beijing, ironically for road work that was intended to help ease congestion.

It's stupid to say, "But this is the Philippines, not China!" Please, maybe a lot of Chinese people once said that similar incidents listed in the same article thought it'd never happen. The result would be the ridiculous traffic. Traffic is a sign of progress? Please, it would kill progress sooner or later. Maybe that's why China's economy has some issues right now and traffic may be a major killer.

The incident in Beijing, China should tell us the problem of the unitary system. It's all because all decisions are done by Imperial Manila that puts such a huge traffic jam. Would have there been federal states for both countries then I don't think traffic in Beijing and Manila would be that severe. That's why federalism or decentralized form of government would be a better answer than the unitary or centralized form of government.