Joel Guinto, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/nation2/05/10/20160509-halalan-duterte-jc-4.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a press conference after casting his vote in Davao City on Monday. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>DAVAO CITY <strong>(UPDATED)</strong> - Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte will pursue a &quot;major rewriting&quot; of the three-decade-old Constitution to shift to a federal-parliamentary form of government and ease foreign ownership restrictions on business, his spokesman said Tuesday.</p><p>Within his first six months in office, Duterte will ask Congress to pass a law for the election of members to a constitutional convention that will draft amendments to the charter, Peter Laviña told reporters here.</p><p>The proposed amendments would be submitted to a plebiscite by the 2019 mid-term elections and the first federal elections could be held by the end of his term in 2022, Laviña said.</p><p>&quot;There will be a major rewriting of the constitution,&quot; Lavina said. &quot;We have seen the failure of the presidential form [of government].&quot;</p><p>Duterte plans to keep national defense, foreign affairs and customs under the central government and devolve the rest.</p><p>&quot;He (Duterte) will be president towards that transition,&quot; he said.</p><p>Pursuing peace with Muslim and communist rebels will also be high on Duterte&#x27;s agenda, Laviña said.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/04/27/16/joma-sison-eyes-ceasefire-return-to-ph-if-duterte-wins" target="_blank"><strong>Joma Sison eyes ceasefire, return to PH if Duterte wins</strong></a></p><p>&quot;This will be a golden opportunity...the mayor is close with Muslim rebels and communist rebels,&quot; he said.</p><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AvzpItNt3UA" width="560"></iframe><p>Lavina said Duterte was &quot;friends&quot; with some rebels, but this did not mean that he supported efforts to overthrow government.</p>

DAVAO CITY<strong> (UPDATED)</strong> - Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte will pursue a "major rewriting" of the three-decade-old Constitution to shift to a federal-parliamentary form of government and ease foreign ownership restrictions on business, his spokesman said Tuesday.

DAVAO CITY (UPDATED) - Presumptive President Rodrigo Duterte will pursue a "major rewriting" of the three-decade-old Constitution to shift to a federal-parliamentary form of government and ease foreign ownership restrictions on business, his spokesman said Tuesday.

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Duterte eyes 'major rewriting' of constitution: spokesman

Joel Guinto,

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Published May 10, 2016 10:28 AM PHT

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