Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla filed a resolution on Monday, April 29 calling for a Constitutional Convention (Con-con) to amend provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Padilla said that this is to dispel fears that this would advance the interests of only a few. In filing Resolution of Both Houses...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Upbeat. That single word aptly describes Speaker Martin Romualdez after the Senate leaders' filing of Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which calls for a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) for the...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is eyeing the conduct of so-called constitutional caravans all over the Philippines. Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez speaks during a public consultation of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments last February...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez believes that more and more Filipinos are now realizing the need to amend the 1987 Constitution through Charter change (Cha-cha). Rodriguez, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, cited on Tuesday night, April 4 the results...
There is as yet no indication that the canceled meeting on Charter change (Cha-cha) between Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez and Senator Robin Padilla will push through during Congress' ongoing summer recess. This, after Rodriguez told this reporter that he has yet to get a new...
At least one ranking congressman has voiced out his support for a constituent assembly (con-ass) over a constitutional convention (con-con) in the ongoing effort to revise the 1987 Constitution. According to House Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd district Rep Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr., going the...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez's willingness to discuss other modes of Charter change (Cha-cha) with the Senate should result to a key meeting between the two chambers even during the ongoing legislative recess. “Speaker Martin’s openness to any Senate proposal on how to pursue constitutional...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said that the local business groups' opposition to the ongoing Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts "echoed the position" of the House members who thumbed down the measure's passage in plenary. "The opposition of six big business groups led by the Makati Business...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez has finally clarified what he told Assistant Majority Leader and Leyte 4th district Rep. Richard Gomez in connection with the Charter change (Cha-cha) issue. In a statement Friday, March 24. Romualdez, Leyte’s 1st district congressman, reiterated that the House was...
Will the House of Representatives stick to its proposed constitutional convention (con-con) or switch gears to a constituent assembly (con-ass)? Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., a member of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments, says it's simply too early to answer that...
A vocal proponent of Charter Change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives says that the chamber would "respect" the Senate’s decision in case it would reject the proposal to create a constitutional convention (con-con). In a statement Sunday, March 19, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay...
One way to find out whether or not Senate Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri is telling the truth about the supposed lack of support for Charter change (Cha-cha) among senators is to actually tackle it in the 24-member upper chamber. Thus, said Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, one of the...
