MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has said he may try to change the constitution and serve a second term in office, a stunning announcement in a nation haunted by dictatorship.
The Philippines’ constitution restricts presidents to serving a single term of six years, designed to stop a repeat of dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ two-decade reign that ended in a 1986 “people power” uprising.
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