It's time for President Marcos to step in and quell the brewing impasse between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Charter change (Cha-cha), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
PBBM should quell 'confrontation' between House, Senate on Cha-cha, says Lagman
Jan 24, 2024 09:39 AM
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Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom)
It's time for President Marcos to step in and quell the brewing impasse between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Charter change (Cha-cha), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said on Wednesday, Jan. 24.
According to the independent minority solon the "brouhaha on Cha-cha" between the two legislative chambers has turned into "a confrontation which is divisive and disruptive".
"President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. must broker a solution to diffuse the impending impasse," Lagman said.
Doing so, according to the Bicolano, would allow executive and legislative departments to "truly focus on the overriding crises in the economy, food security, escalating prices of basic commodities, miseducation, ballooning debt stock and debt servicing, and the continuing aggression of China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)".
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"The 1987 Constitution is blameless for these continuing crises which are due to flawed policies, skewed of laws, continuing official corruption, and lack of stability and predictability of government policies," said Lagman.
The lawyer-solon said the question on whether or not the proposed Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) must vote jointly or separately must be resolved by the Supreme Court (SC) in a proper case, "and must not be construed by partisans who have ulterior motives on the voting procedure by the [Con-Ass]".
The 300-plus strong House and the 24-member Senate comprise the Philippine bicameral Congress.
The main sticking point of any talk on Cha-cha has boiled down to whether or not the teo chambers should vote jointly or separately.