Ako Bisaya Party List Rep. Sonny Lagon sees not a "rushing" House Speaker, but an "efficient" one when it comes to the lower chamber's primary function of legislating. Lagon, in a statement Thursday afternoon, said it is in the nature of House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez to be “efficient” especially when it comes to passing laws that will benefit the economy. “Sometimes, we mistake ‘rushing’ with ‘efficiency'. Hindi naman natin maikakaila na sa pamumuno ni Speaker Romualdez (We cannot deny that under the leadership of Speaker Romualdez), the House has been very productive," he said. Lagon, a member of the so-called supermajority bloc in the House of Representatives, gave these remarks amid Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri's statements that the House had passed pro-Charter change (Cha-cha) bills in a rushed manner. These measures included Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6 and House Bill (HB) No.7352, both of which were passed by the House members on third and final reading within the past week. The twin measures provide for the creation of a constitutional convention (con-con), the delegates of which would be tasked to propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution. "We have passed a record number of bills and resolutions, and we passed President Marcos Jr.’s first national budget in record time,” Lagon said. “All measures approved by the House of Representatives were discussed extensively, without sacrificing the free exchange of ideas and the deliberation of opposing views. None was sacrificed. The same thing can be said about RBH No.6 and HB No.7352,”  noted the party-list solon. He further said that the solons who favored the passage of the twin measures had been guided by “years of intense discussion” on amending the Constitution. “Charter change has been a core discussion ever since the term of former President Fidel Ramos. At lahat ng adminsitrasyon since then, pinag-aralan na yan (And every administration since then has studied it)," he pointed out. “Bottom line is: the country is bouncing back from the ill effects of the pandemic. Small businesses closed down, and many people lost their jobs. We need to tweak the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution to invite more foreign investments here in the country, stimulate the economy and provide jobs to millions,” Lagon added.