With senators in no rush to follow the House timeline on Charter change, the people’s initiative may be revived for amending the 1987 Constitution.
MANILA, Philippines —
But Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin also said recently that if the Senate acts slowly on Charter change, PIRMA’s people’s initiative could be a better option. If the House brings RBH7 to the Comelec, it will undergo a thorough study, according to Chairman George Garcia. “As to whatever is the action of the Comelec, I cannot say for now but we will study all of it,” he added.
Since there is no precedent yet, Garcia said that whatever action the commission may take on the issue may be questioned before the Court.The Senate will not be rushed into railroading the economic Charter change resolution, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday. The Senate targets to wrap up committee hearings when session resumes and bring it to the plenary before the sine die adjournment in May. It hopes to pass the resolution and file it with the Comelec by October, to give the poll body ample time to prepare for a plebiscite.
“Move faster? No, we have our own schedule. We’re moving fast, but it’s not our only priority,” he added. The House of Representatives will be sending the Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 to the Senate for its concurrence, Speaker Martin Romualdez said after approving the measure expanding the foreign equity for potential investors.
Surigao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, who was among the 288 who voted in favor of economic Charter change, told his colleagues on Wednesday that “no Constitution is cast in stone.”
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