Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra says proper timing may be an issue when considering charter change but adds that there is no harm in advocating for it.
“Andami nating dapat pagtuunan ng pansin ngayon at siguro hindi kailangan ngayon ito,” human rights lawyer and former Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te told a webinar.International Commission of Jurists senior legal advisor Emerlynne Gil echoed Te, saying “perhaps, pushing for charter change may not be optimal at this point.”
Te and Gil were responding to reports that a group of President Rodrigo Duterte’s supporters was calling for a new form of government and new constitution. “Since that's not your objective, all you're doing is overthrowing democratic checks&balances. What you really want is authoritarianism, not ,” he said in a post on Twitter, reacting to an appeal from a group that identified itself as Mayor Rodrigo Roa Duterte – National Executive Coordinating Committee, or MRRD-NECC.
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra also said proper timing may be an issue when considering charter change but adds that there is no harm in advocating for it. However, advocating for a revolutionary government is a different matter, he said.
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