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House, Senate spat on Cha-cha to 'simmer down' with RBH 6 hearings--Duavit 

Published Feb 1, 2024 02:04 am

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  • Rizal 1st district Rep. Jack Duavit is optimistic that things will begin to "simmer down" between the House of Representatives and the Senate now that the senators have committed to take up Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6

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Rizal 1st district Rep. Jack Duavit is optimistic that things will begin to "simmer down" between the House of Representatives and the Senate now that the senators have committed to take up Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6

Duavit, secretary-general of the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC), was among the many House leaders who welcomed the Senate's decision to start hearings on RBH No.6 by next week.

"Again we respect them, a lot of them were our colleagues and I think this is a start of things simmering down and getting back to work, so we welcome it very much," Duavit said in a press briefing Wednesday night, Jan. 31 on the impending hearings on the Senate's pro-Charter Change (Cha-cha).

"Masaya kami no dito sa nangyayari na sa Senate na nag-schedule na sila na meron na silang hearing...In an ideal world nga, yung mga debate mangyayari sa official na kapasidad and I think that is the beginning of that. Just to start it is good," he added.

(We're happy that the Senate has scheduled a hearing...In an ideal world, the debates I'll happen in an official capacity.)

Filed by Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri last Jan. 15, RBH No.6, which proposed amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution via Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass).

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For some reason, the Senate didn't immediately act on it and instead engaged the House in a back-and-forth on Cha-cha and the recent People Initiative (PI), which can bypass the solons.

These exchanges between the lawmakers have even bordered on the unparliamentary. But these may all be water under the bridge.

House Speaker Martin Romualdez had earlier vowed that the House would adopt RBH No.6 once the Senate approves it. This is envisioned to hasten the process of constitutional revision.

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