MANILA, Philippines — Ako Bicol Rep. Alfredo Garbin on Tuesday filed a resolution proposing amendments to the national territory portion and certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
“This is a constitutional refinement, not a rewrite,” said Garbin, a former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Constitutional Amendments, in a statement. “We are aligning our national territory with our hard-won arbitral victory, and opening the door for economic growth, while keeping sovereignty and national interest intact', he said.
Under the resolution, the proposal was to amend Article I of the Constitution 'by adding explicit references to the Exclusive Economic Zone, the Continental Shelf, and the West Philippine Sea, and by clarifying the Philippines' sovereign rights over these maritime zones in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and other applicable international laws'.
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