(MANILA BULLETIN) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ruled out the conduct of a plebiscite for the entirety of 2025, and even the final quarter of 2024 for that matter. In a briefing before the House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms...
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,...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, January 22, said that a member of Congress told him that House Speaker Martin Romualdez is the one behind the initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative. “Yun ang sabi sa akin ng congressman eh. Hindi ko na...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe (Facebook) House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe has brushed off as "baseless speculations" the allegations that Speaker Martin Romualdez is the one...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (PPAB) Speaker Martin Romualdez has denied giving out any order for House members to collect signatures for the purpose of a People's Initiative (PI). "No orders," Romualdez told reporters in a short ambush interview Monday...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva expressed concern on the continuous push for People's Initiative (PI) to amend the existing Charter and reminded the public that they shouldn't be bought, paid, or taken advantage of in exchange for their signature. "Kung meron pong nagoyo, nabudol,...
Vice President Sara Duterte has lamented the supposed ongoing People's Initiative (PI) in different parts of the country wherein people were supposedly being encouraged to sign up for Charter Change in exchange for money. Vice President Sara Duterte (Duterte/Facebook) In a statement, Duterte said...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Rep. Salceda's office) People's Initiative (PI) backer Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda says proponents of the movement are eyeing June 2024 as possible date of the plebiscite for the proposed revision to the 1987...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda underscored on Thursday, Jan. 18 the constitutionality of the ongoing People’s Initiative (PI) movement for Charter change (Cha-cha). "We're not doing...
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (left), Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking congressmen Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda and Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers think...
