“Why do you think so much of that? I don't think anything will happen to that…. Wala na, patay na 'yung federalism na yan, patay na yung cha-cha. Next Congress na pag-usapan yan. Wala na ‘yan, futile (Federalism is already dead, cha-cha is already dead. They should talk about it in the next Congress. It's nothing now, it's futile),” Recto said in an interview.