Should the Senate and House of Representative vote separately when amending the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution? Former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. (left) and former Chief Justice Vicente Mendoza appear at the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of...
Sen. Imee Marcos said on Monday, February 5 that foreign investors and locators never once mentioned anything about amending economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Imee Marcos during the first Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Monday, Feb. 5, says...
Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. reiterated his firm and unchangeable stand that there are no valid, serious, and compelling reasons to amend the 1987 constitution. Retired Justice Hilario Davide Jr., a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission, voices his objections...
The Senate will not succumb to pressure of a deadline when discussing the proposed economic provisions that are raised under Resolution of Both Houses No. 6, senators assured on Monday, February 5. Sen. Sonny Angara, chairperson of the subcommittee of the Committee on Constitutional...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla has filed a resolution seeking to have both houses of Congress vote separately in amending the 1987 Constitution. In Resolution of Both Houses 7, Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes sought to amend Section 1 of Article...
The Senate will merely focus on the proposed amendments on the economic provisions of the Constitution and nothing else when they start tackling the Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 on Monday, February 5, senators said. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said that what the Senate will do is...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, February 2 insisted that discussions about People’s Initiative (PI) as a means to amend the 1987 Constitution is premature and inappropriate, especially if so many anomalies are linked to it. “Huwag nating pilitin ang isang pekeng PI para sa...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 urged her brother President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to abandon the push for a People’s Initiative (PI) that he and his allies in the House of Representatives had started. Marcos said she cannot understand why the President has...
Senator Imee Marcos on Thursday, February 1 emphasized the need to first establish a legal framework through legislation before pushing forward with a People’s Initiative (PI) to amend the 1987 Constitution. “Why don’t we first make a law? Let’s hammer together, craft, debate until we...
Sen. Grace Poe said that the focus on the joint voting by Congress made the so-called People's Initiative for Charter change (Cha-cha) flawed at the onset and that the attention instead should have been on explaining the provisions that required amendments in the 1987 Constitution. Sen. Grace...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said on Wednesday, Jan. 31, that the Senate's review of the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution will begin next week. In an ambush interview, Zubiri said that they will create on Wednesday a subcommittee on constitutional amendments that will be headed...
Sen. Imee Marcos was quick to reply to Speaker Martin Romualdez call not to be disrespectful, stating that the House leader was the first one to throw a jab against the Senate. "Ceasefire daw wala raw sanang bastusan, eh siya naman ang nagsabi walang paki ang Senado. Siya ang nag-umpisa, nung...
