Tag: Con-Ass

Lacson wants Senate to convene separately as Constitutional Assembly

https://youtu.be/iWQcycnS1dg By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senator Panfilo Lacson will file on Monday a resolution allowing the Senate to convene as a Constitutional Assembly, and tackle possible amendments to the Constitution separate from the House of Representatives. In a press conference on Thursday, Lacson said under his proposed process, the House of Representatives would convene separately and insert its own amendments to provisions in the Charter, if any. A bicameral conference would then be […]

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Albay Rep. Lagman: Constitutional assembly will be “virtual rubberstamp” of President Duterte

(Eagle News) — Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Thursday said that once Congress convenes  to amend the 1987 Constitution via a constitutional assembly, it will become a “virtual rubberstamp” of President Rodrigo Duterte. “With the projected constituent assembly principally composed of Duterte’s dyed in the wool allies, what the President wants as amendments or revision will be delivered with alacrity and minimal debate,” he said in a statement. He said that this “imprudent fast tracking […]

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Con-Ass to amend charter mulled – Palace Exec

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Ernie Abella in a statement said members of the National Security Council (NSC), led by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, are considering the possibility of a shift from Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) to Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) as a mode to amend the 1986 constitution. The NSC composed of 35 leader-members from the executive and legislative branches of government met on Wednesday in Malacañang palace to discuss various issues facing the […]

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