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(Eagle News) — The Senate will file a resolution seeking for a Constitutional Convention should the Supreme Court decide in favor of joint voting to amend the 1987 Charter via a Constitutional Assembly. Senator Panfilo Lacson made the announcement during a Senate hearing on Charter Change on Wednesday. “If the SC would rule (as such), then we will no longer enter into an agreement with the House to meet in joint session. Instead, we will […]
(Eagle News) — The argument that the Constitution should be amended via a Constitutional Assembly on the basis that this was the “cheaper” method was “cheap.” This is according to former Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who spoke at the start of Senate hearings on Charter Change on Wednesday. “A good Constitution is the best investment people can make,” Puno said. According to Puno, the best method to amend the Constitution was a Constitutional Convention, under […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Grace Poe on Thursday proposed to amend the Charter via a Constitutional Convention instead. Poe issued the statement after her colleague, Senator Panfilo Lacson, proposed to make amendments by convening the Senate as a Constitutional Assembly separate from the House of Representatives. “Given the extent of the proposed changes in the Constitution, I maintain that having a constitutional convention is the best and most acceptable mode to take, even if it […]
(Eagle News) — Senator JV Ejercito on Wednesday warned against railroading the planned shift to a federalist form of government. In a Twitter post, he said that a process that would “fundamentally alter our system of government” should, after all, not be expedited. Ejercito added that “the most important issue” for him was that Congress also vote separately on the issue. “I am not prepared to support a process that would diminish the power and […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday reiterated what he said was the need to change the unitary type of government, saying there would be “no peace” in Mindanao if this was not done. In his speech before the Philippine Development Forum: Sulong Pilipinas 2017 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City, Duterte, however, thumbed down a constitutional convention (con-con) to make the needed amendments in the 1987 Constitution, or Charter Change (Cha-Cha), for […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nanindigan si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte na pabor at napagpasyahan na sa National Security Council ang pagbabago ng saligang batas sa pamamagitan ng Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass). Ang dahilan malaki ang gagastusin kung masusunod ang Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).
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 […]
MANILA, July 6 – President Rodrigo R. Duterte is pushing for a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) as a mode of changing some provisions of the Constitution which is among the priorities of the administration, said Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella who presided over the first press briefing in Malacanang on Monday. “As far as we know, President Duterte favors ConCon,” said Abella, pointing out that “it’s more consultative and with more representation.” He explained that ChaCha (charter change) is among the priorities of the President, […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo R. Duterte is pushing for a Constitutional Convention (ConCon) as a mode of changing some provisions of the Constitution. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said a constitutional change is among the priorities of the Duterte administration. said Presidential Spokesperson who presided over the first press briefing in Malacanang on Monday. “As far as we know, President Duterte favors ConCon,” said Abella, pointing out that “it’s more consultative and with more representation.” Abella presided over the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate President Franklin Drilon defended the filing of a resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con) that sought to revise the 1987 constitution. Drilon said there is a need to review and re-examine the 29-year-old Constitution and determine if it is still attuned or responsive to the demands of present-day realities.
