Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said President Duterte's claim that the vice president was immune from suit opens the door to provoke the country's jurisprudence after being reminded that there was no such provision in the Constitution. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang)...
President Duterte may be open to running for vice president in next year's elections but he actually has no ambition for power, according to Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Panelo has dismissed speculations that Duterte was out...
It would be premature to file a complaint against President Duterte's potential vice presidential bid in 2022 since he has not made a final decision on the matter yet, Malacañang insisted on Friday. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday, July 9 said President Duterte’s plan to run for vice president in the upcoming May 2022 national elections will go against the spirit of the Constitution and will pose as a serious problem of succession to the presidency later on. Drilon, a former...
Malacañang said there was nothing wrong with President Duterte possibly running for vice president in the 2022 elections since the Constitution did not prohibit such an act in the first place. President Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the...
Changing economic policies in our constitution By Karl Aguilar Illustration by Shaun Landaas, design by Jules Vivas Among all the sovereign countries in the world, the Philippines is the only country that has specified in its constitution the limits to which a foreign company or...
What we have learned from the 1971 Constitutional Convention and how we can apply it today By Orion Perez Dumdum 1899 Malolos Congress: President Aguinaldo sits at the center, as a gentleman reads a document to his left Philippine Executive Commission Chairman Jorge B. Vargas reads a message to the...
Former Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday, June 2, expressed confidence that the Philippines can forge a peace agreement with communist rebels in Mindanao as long as it is forged within the framework of the Constitution. “A peace agreement with the communist rebels should...
Ako Bicol Party List Representative Alfredo Garbin, Jr. on Wednesday, June 2, expressed his belief President Duterte is allowed to seek the vice presidency in the May, 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) Garbin, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commended on Wednesday, June 2, the House of Representatives for the passing in the third and final reading some key amendments on the economic provision of the 1987 Constitution. “We congratulate Speaker (Lord Allan) Velasco for proving...
An estimated 1.6 million job opportunities will be created with household income substantially increased if the economic restrictions in the 1987 Constitution are relaxed, a University of the Philippines (UP) researcher said Sunday, May 30. DILG Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (File photo courtesy of...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is open to support moves to introduce constitutional amendments in the 1987 Constitution especially if it would benefit more Filipino people, but acknowledged there may not be enough time to pass into law such measures. But Go said he supports amendments on...
