Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 21:35:32 +0000
Led by a supermajority dominated by administration allies, the House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a resolution to amend the 1987 Constitution.
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The House of Representatives is already operating as a Constituent Assembly (Con-ass) to modify the 1987 Constitution, constitutional amendments panel chair and Leyte 3rd District Rep. Vicente “Ching” Veloso said Tuesday.
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The move of the House constitutional amendments panel to skip the Vice President as President Rodrigo Duterte’s successor during the transition period towards a federal form of government was done to prevent “instability.”
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The call for a revolutionary government, or “RevGov,” “is the personal opinion of [Interior Undersecretary] Epimaco Densing III and not of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),” acting Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said in a statement on Saturday.
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Only judicial courts may order the arrest of a civilian like Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, former Solicitor General Florin Hilbay said on Wednesday, maintaining that the 1987 Constitution does not authorize President Rodrigo Duterte to detain any citizen arbitrarily.
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Rejecting the reckoning by the country’s lawmakers, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Thursday insisted that Charter change (Cha-cha)—not the dance but the government-led movement to revise the 1987 Constitution for a shift to federalism—was not dead.
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The Senate will stand by its decision not to rush any Charter change (Cha-cha) moves even amid reports that Malacañang would continue to push for it and the shift to federalism, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said Thursday.
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Read moreCHARTER change won’t happen for as long as the Senate was opposed to it, a leader at the House of Representatives said on Monday. “If the Senators are not willing [to do it]; then there is really no time for Charter Change. Not even five or 10 years from now. That is why I am calling […]
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The Senate stands solid against any move to postpone next year’s midterm elections to give way to the amendment of the Constitution for a shift to federalism.
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If there are people planning to make Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the first prime minister of the Philippines, then they must think twice.
On Tuesday, Senator Panfilo Lacson issued a stern warning against any moves to amend the 1987 Constitution that would pave the way for Arroyo’s election as prime minister.
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