Ramos aims to reinvent the republic

Such is the dearth of credible leadership in the Philippines that Filipinos, if they could, would probably vote former president Ramos back in by a landslide. If the ex-general pulls off his plans for constitutional change, that might just happen.

THE OFFICES OF RPDEV Foundation, an organization founded by former Philippines president Fidel V Ramos (FVR), feel like a campaign office in waiting. Filing cabinets are full of research reports, tables groan under the weight of magazines, newspapers and periodicals and there is barely a square inch of wall space that does not sport a photograph of FVR with a president or celebrity. His schedule is full of appointments with politicians, business leaders and the media.

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