If the bid of the House of Representatives for Charter change via constitutional convention prevails, “close relatives” of Congress members should be banned from running as delegates, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said. | BPinlacINQ
This would be composed of elected and appointed con-con delegates. The latter, according to the resolution, would be selected by the House Speaker and the Senate President.“Let’s assume na iyon ang mananaig na procedure on amending the constitution or revising the constitution, we have to make sure. We have to put that in. We just define what close relatives are–close relatives of the legislators. Lahat should be disqualified from running as a constitutional convention delegate.
Should constitutional reform via con-con be pursued, he pressed for the body to be composed of purely elected delegates with no close relatives of lawmakers. The legislator then reiterated his stance that Charter change is not needed now. And if a push for such is seen in the future, he said he will seek changes with the end goal of federalism in the Philippines.“Number one, ang dami nating problema na pwede natin sagutin o i-address through laws. And number two, iyong subject matter ng aking adbokasiya sa Charter change ay federalism, kailangan pang pahinugin sa taong bayan. Kailangan pang ipaliwanag.
The proposal to amend or revise the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution secured an overwhelming boost from the House, but its chances of success in the Senate are seemingly dim with not enough members in support of the bid. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri earlier revealed that around half of the senators he had spoken to were
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