In truth, federalism is just another form of government, and, like all the other forms, it works only in some cases and, even then, largely in patches. Moreover, any successes credited to it are the result of a long and never-ending experimentation and in no way prove the versatile virtues claimed for it. This attempt to mislead us about federalism and rush us into swallowing it is all part of one grand political swindle – indeed, “a leap to hell!” warns Hilario Davide, the former chief justice and one of the drafters of the present Constitution, which he has vowed “to die for.”