True representation of the people in a constitutional convention may be possible if close relatives of incumbent politicians will be disqualified from running as delegates, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III said Monday.
“The con-con possibly may represent the people if we put some disqualifications there for relatives of incumbent politicians from running,” said Pimentel, assuming con-con would be the way lawmakers would amend the 1987 Constitution.
“Unfortunately, it’s not clear in their version if they want to disqualify the membership in their con-con their relatives. Di pa naman final ‘yon. Let’s assume na yun po ang mananaig na procedure in amending the constitution or revising the constitution, we have to make sure, we have to put that, that close relatives - we just define what are close relatives- close relatives of the legislators, lahat kami, should be disqualified from running as con-con delegate,” he said.
“I would go with constituent assembly as a mode to change the constitution—whether amend or revise… If we want to be practical about it, we can go for the constituent assembly mode,” he added.“They have made it also more complicated because con-con, for me, is supposed to be representatives of the people who the people determine through elections. Pag hybrid, you again complicate the topic, [because] they are appointed. So the appointed [delegates] can represent vested interests.
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