Senator Imee Marcos said moves to tinker with the Constitution will not get any majority support from the Senate, saying this early, it’s “dead on arrival.” | joeygabietaINQ /PDI
TACLOBAN CITY — While she considers the 1987 Constitution as “anti-Marcos,”Speaking to reporters here earlier this month, Marcos said moves to tinker with the Constitution will not get any majority support from the Senate, saying this early, it’s “dead on arrival.”“It sounds strange coming from a Marcos given that squarely it is an anti-Marcos document.
The current Constitution was passed in the aftermath of the EDSA People Power that ended the 20-year rule of then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. whose son and namesake is now the country’s incumbent Chief Executive.
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