The Senate stands solid against any move to postpone next year’s midterm elections to give way to the amendment of the Constitution for a shift to federalism.
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If there are people planning to make Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the first prime minister of the Philippines, then they must think twice.
On Tuesday, Senator Panfilo Lacson issued a stern warning against any moves to amend the 1987 Constitution that would pave the way for Arroyo’s election as prime minister.
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The Duterte administration’s bid to shift to a federal form of government would lead to a civil war between regions, ousted Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno said on Monday.
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Read moreSPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte has called for the abolition of term limits to renew his push for Charter Change in opening of the Third Regular Session of Congress on Monday. Alvarez said that while he was amenable to the anti-dynasty provision in the proposed federal constitution, it should come with an amendment to […]
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As Congress opened its third and last regular session on Monday, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III issued a strong message against any moves to amend the 1987 Constitution without the Senate.
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To ease concerns about the disappearance of “human rights” from the Declaration of Principles and State Policies in the proposed federal Constitution, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said the definition of the concept was actually expanded in the draft Charter.
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Read moreTHE House of Representatives cannot use the people’s initiative option as a means of making changes in the constitution because no law has been passed yet by Congress that would allow such an exercise, Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters during the Kapihan sa Senado news forum, Sotto said that while […]
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Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Thursday that he senses his fellow senators will oppose any term extension under the proposed federal Charter. “I do not want to be speaking for everyone else but that is the sense that I am getting from the rest of the Senate,” he said in a press conference.
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The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) on Wednesday said that rather than elect new leaders who would oversee the shift to federalism, the proposed transition commission should instead be composed of incumbent leaders to ease concerns that the proposal was intended to favor certain politicians.
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Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia’s fear that a shift to federalism would “wreak havoc” on the country’s economy is baseless, President Rodrigo Duterte’s charter change committee said on Wednesday.
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