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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider National devider No Senate rules for Cha-cha? That's Villanueva's job, says House leader 

No Senate rules for Cha-cha? That's Villanueva's job, says House leader 

Published Mar 4, 2024 08:31 am

At A Glance

  • House Deputy Speaker David "Jay-jay" Suarez says it's Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva who should act to address the lack of rules in the Senate as far as amending the 1987 Constitution is concerned. 
  • At least two senators--Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III and Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero--have publicly expressed misgivings on the Senate sub-committee's continuing hearings on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6 sans rules for constitutional revision.

20240304_153320.jpgQuezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (Facebook)

It's Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva who should act to address the lack of rules in the Senate as far as amending the 1987 Constitution is concerned.

Thus, said House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez, who went on to suggest a course of action to the senator.

"Well, definitely the [Senate] majority leader will have to address this issue," Suarez answered in a press conference Monday, March 4 wherein he was asked if he thought the absence of such Charter change (Cha-cha) rules was the Senate leadership's responsibility.

"Kasi dito sa amin pag dating sa mga rules, its [House] Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe who makes sure that there are rules governing committees and House deliberations and the way we conduct ourselves," noted the deputy speaker.

While Suarez didn't mention Villanueva by name, there was no other majority leader in the Senate but the latter.

At least two senators--Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III and Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero--have publicly expressed misgivings on the Senate sub-committee's continuing hearings on Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6 sans rules for constitutional revision.

READ ME AGAIN:

https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/12/villanueva-gets-tag-teamed-by-2-congressmen-that-he-offended-with-his-comments

RBH No.6 seeks to ease the restrictive economic provisions of the existing Charter.

"So, ang suggestion ko po siguro, tignan po natin at paki-usapan po natin yung ating majority leader ng Senado para gumawa na siya ng mga--mag-propose na siya ng mga rules," Suarez said.

(So I guess my suggestion is, let's see if we can ask our majority leader in the Senate to create-to propose rules.)

"Dahil kasama naman yata siya sa umakda nung RBH No.6, eh di sana napag-aralan din po nila at napaghandaan kung papaano at yung proseso na tatalakayin at dadaanan nung kanilang ipinasang resolusyon," he said.

(Since he appears to be one of the authors of RBH No.6, then they should have studied and prepared how to go about the process of tackling the resolution that they filed.)

The House of Representatives--a co-equal body of the Senate in the legislature--has a set of rules for tweaking the Constitution.

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