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Cha-cha ain't dead: House to revive talks on constitutional revision in 2024, says Romualdez 

Published Dec 12, 2023 09:53 am

At A Glance

  • The House of Representatives intends to revive talks on Charter change or "Cha-cha" next year, said Speaker Martin Romualdez.

IMG-9db72606bc14c8ed3c3f2778df1c4485-V.jpgHouse Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office)

 

 

 

 

 

 

The House of Representatives intends to revive talks on Charter change or "Cha-cha" next year. 

Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, Dec 12, as he once again raised the need to revisit the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. 

"I believe 2024 will allow us again to revisit the...of the constitution I think it’s timely that we---and we’d like to focus very much on the economic provisions," Romualdez said in his speech during his Christmas party for House reporters. 

"But in order to get there, we have to look at the procedural aspects of the amendment of the Constitution to tackle that," said the leader of the 300-plus strong chamber. 

So important is the planned Cha-cha revisitation that Romualdez called for an all-party caucus on the matter on Monday night, Dec. 11. 

The effort to revise the Constitution was a major talking point in the House during the first quarter of the year. 

The chamber went as far as to approve two pro-Cha-cha measures. One of them is Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6, titled "Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) calling for a Constitutional Convention (con-con) to propose amendments to, or revision of, the 1987 Constitution, appropriating funds therefor". 

The other is House Bill (HB) No. 7352, also known as "An Act implementing Resolution of Both Houses No.6 of the Congress of the Philippines calling for a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to, or revision of, the 1987 Constitution, appropriating funds therefor, and for other purposes". 

 

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A Con-con is one of the three ways that the existing Charter may be amended. The other two are a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) and a People's Initiative (PI). 

However, Cha-cha talks took a backseat to various legislative and political matters in the months following the passage of the twin measures. 

This is set to change come 2024, if Romualdez's remarks are anything indication. 

"I'd like you to know that we will be studying this over the break. Perhaps there might be some initiatives even during the break that will prepare us for the ensuing year and perhaps or could be our legacy in the 19th congress which is to review and  revisit the 1987 Constitution to make it more atuned and sensitive and responsive through the times," he said. 

Congress will be on holiday break from Dec. 16, 2023 to Jan. 21, 2024.

 

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