Cha Cha

Cha Cha
 n.β€” Β«Arroyo is pressing ahead with her plans for constitution change, also widely known in the Philippines as β€œCha Cha”, short for Charter Change. Under the proposal, the present two parliamentary bodies would be reduced to one, which would elect a prime minister, reducing the current executive president to a largely formal head of state. Arroyo has also made a series of proposals to remove constitutional restrictions on the operation of foreign capital in the Philippines.Β» β€”β€œRenewed efforts to impeach Philippines president” by John Roberts World Socialist Web Site July 14, 206. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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