Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has told those opposing the Charter change (Cha-cha) not to demonize the effort to amend the 1987...
Sen. Imee Marcos has filed a resolution directing the appropriate Senate Committee to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation into the efficacy of Republic Act No. 6735 in providing for a system of initiative and referendum as a means to amend to the existing Charter. In filing Senate Resolution...
Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook) Deputy Majority Leader Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez has said that there was "no truth" to the claim that House of Representatives members have been offered P20 million...
Sen. Robinhood Padilla believes that the "time is ripe" to amend the 1987 Constitution including through a people's initiative "so long as this is truly from the people." "Peoples initiative: Vox populi, vox Dei. Ang boses ng taongbayan ay boses ng Dios... Pag-usapan nang matino ang peoples...
The Nationalist Peoples’ Coalition (NPC) is not behind the reported latest moves to amend the 1987 Constitution through a Peoples’ Initiative (PI). Former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, chairman of the NPC, stated this in message to Senate reporters. “As...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers The continued drop in unemployment rate under the Marcos administration should serve as an "impetus" to relax the “restrictive” economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Thus, said Surigao...
House Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Elizaldy Co on Tuesday, January 9 rejected claims that an additional P12-billion budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) would be used to finance Charter change. Co is referring to Albay Congressman Edcel Lagman’s claim that P12-billion...
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III on Tuesday, January 9 stressed the need to investigate the alleged payment of P100 in exchange of a signature for the people’s initiative in order for attempts to amend the Constitution to gain ground in Congress. Pimentel made the...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) An Albay congressman has expressed his backing to the call of most mayors in the province to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI). This, as Albay 2nd district...
Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Monday, January 8 slammed as “unethical” and “illegal” the reported attempts to railroad Charter change where local chief executives were supposedly asked to give P100 to every constituent who would sign a petition to amend a constitutional provision...
Ex-Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Alfredo Garbin Jr. (left), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook, Screenshot from Zoom) A former congressman has refuted Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman’s assertion that Charter change (Cha-cha) through People's...
The Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF), which has always been at the forefront in calling for changes to the 1987 Constitution, has pressed for amendments in nine economic sections in the charter stating that such restrictive economic provisions in the country’s organic law have served as...
