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Sotto twits Alvarez: No enabling law for people’s initiative to amend 1987 Constitution

July 19, 2018 admin 1987 Constitution, Charter change, federalism, House of Representatives, latest stories, Pantaleon Alvarez, people’s initiative, philippine politics, Senate, Today's Breaking News, vicente sotto 3rd

THE 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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Duterte on 2019 ‘no-el’: I will not have any hand in that

July 19, 2018 admin election postponement, Latest News Stories, Nation, no-el, people’s initiative

President Rodrigo Duterte has distanced himself from moves to cancel the 2019 mid-term polls to give way to Charter change even after a top ally said it would be a “practical” move by the government.

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