A senior lawmaker has called for a discourse among congressional leaders as a means to end the Charter change (Cha-cha) “word war” between the House of Representatives and Senate.
ASENIOR lawmaker has called for a discourse among congressional leaders as a means to end the Charter change “word war” between the House of Representatives and Senate.
“It’s not our fault [that there was a] delay in the enforcement of the implementing guidelines of the three laws. The heads of the chambers of the lawmaking body are quarreling before the public,” Barzaga told Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers Friday on the latter’s radio program. “The issuance of the implementing guidelines of the aforementioned three laws is the act of the executive independent of the action of the House, and also of the Senate.
If the Senate really does not have the numbers, Zubiri could have just ordered Sen. Robinhood Padilla not to proceed with the public hearings anymore, as it will only be a “waste of time.” While the House Resolution 6 of both houses calls for the election of Con-con delegates to exclusively discuss amendments to the economic provisions, House leaders have admitted that no one can stop the delegates from introducing political amendments once the body is convened.
The congressman was referring to the approval on third and final reading by 301, or almost all of the chamber’s 314 members last March 8 of Resolution of Both Houses No. 6, and by the same number of votes last March 14 of House Bill 7352, which is meant to be the implementing law for the former. He claimed the timely consideration of the Con-con proposal will give the Commission on Elections enough time to hold the election of delegates simultaneously with the barangay and SK polls on October 3, and will be on target with HB 7352’s plan for the would-be Con-Con to convene from November 30, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
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