The Senate building (MANILA BULLETIN) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda has challenged senators to convince Filipinos to vote "no" to the People Initiative (PI) once the plebiscite is held. This, as the House Committee on Ways and Means chairman...
Senators on Wednesday, January 24, refused to back down on accusing the House of Representatives of railroading the People’s Initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution and asked members of the Lower House to drop the signature campaign so discussions on Charter change can proceed without any...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Screenshot from Zoom) It's time for President Marcos to step in and quell the brewing impasse between the House of Representatives and the Senate on Charter change (Cha-cha), Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman said on...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) Citing personal sources, Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda told House reporters Wednesday, Jan. 24 that People’s Initiative (PI) proponents have successfully achieved the 12 percent threshold...
Deputy Speaker David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez (Facebook) People's Initiative (PI) critic Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez has had an inconsistent stand on Charter change (Cha-cha). Thus, said...
President Marcos is not keen on discussing the proposed political amendments in the 1987 Constitution at present as he stressed the need to adjust the Charter to attract more foreign investors. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool) "The 1987...
CEBU CITY – Sen. Risa Hontiveros and other opposition leaders vowed to block moves to amend the Constitution. FORMER Sen. Kiko Pangilinan, Atty. Chel Diokno, and Sen. Risa Hontiveros answer questions from reporters during their recent visit to Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova) Hontiveros said they...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Has the Senate misled President Marcos on the matter of Charter change (Cha-cha)? House Deputy Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe thinks so. Dalipe came up...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez has denied for the second straight day any hand from himself or the House of Representatives in the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change...
The Senate has formally issued a manifesto strongly expressing their opposition to the ongoing attempts to change the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative describing such moves as a “brazen attempt to violate the Constitution, the country, and our people.” The manifesto is signed...
Speculations that the House of Representatives (HOR) is behind the initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI) has sparked disinterest among senators to pursue the joint resolution that seeks to review economic provisions in the existing Charter. This was...
President Marcos has refuted claims that cash has been offered to Filipinos in exchange of their signatures to push Charter change through People's Initiative. "Sa pagkakaalam ko, wala namang ganun. Ang sinasabi hindi bayaran ng cash kundi nangangako ng kung ano anong benefits (As far as I know,...
