House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) For the first time in plenary, House Speaker Martin Romualdez laid out the plan to revisit discussions on Charter change (Cha-cha) in 2024, with the country's economic advancement being the primary...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales is looking at a People's Initiative (PI) as the mode that could actually launch Charter change (Cha-cha) efforts...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (left), Senator Imee Marcos (PPAB, Facebook) House Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. says the plan to revisit discussions on Charter change (Cha-cha)...
With the House of Representatives (HOR) intending to revive talks on Charter change or "Cha-cha" in 2024, senators on Wednesday, Dec. 13, weighed in on the matter with specific concerns on how it will be executed. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva raised two points on possible talks about...
Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr. (Facebook) The House of Representatives will look for ways to move the Cha-cha train forward, since it appears to be stuck at the Senate's station. Thus, said Senior Deputy Speaker Pampanga 3rd district...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives intends to revive talks on Charter change or "Cha-cha" next year. Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday, Dec 12, as he once again raised the need to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left), Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s apparent desire for federalism in the Philippines will only work if it's pursued alongside Charter Change...
Senator Robinhood “Robin” Padilla expressed hope that voters in the upcoming May 2025 elections will choose unpopular candidates but can usher in much-needed amendments to the Constitution. Sen. Robin Padilla (Senate PRIB Photo) Padilla, who has been seeking reforms in the 1987...
As Congress goes into a sine die adjournment on June 2 , the bill of Senator Robinhood C. Padilla seeking amendments to the 1987 Constitution, particularly its “restrictive” economic provisions, is practically dead. “Ang malungkot talagang yung apat na PDP-Laban ang sumasangayon dun sa...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) The Charter change (Cha-cha) effort in Congress is "fast running out of time", says Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. In a speech in a recent forum sponsored by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry...
A Pulse Asia survey showing the unpopularity of moves to amend the 1987 Constitution should serve as a warning to lawmakers bent on pursuing Charter change, Bayan Muna Chairman Neri Colmenares said. “The recent Pulse Asia survey showed that an overwhelming 76 percent of the people do not want...
Forty-one percent of Filipinos are in favor of the proposals to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution now, results of the latest survey of Pulse Asia revealed on Tuesday, April 4. Pulse Asia disclosed this in the March 2023 Ulat ng Bayan national survey conducted from March 15 to 19 among 1,200...
