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The Commission on Elections en banc has decided to indefinitely suspend all proceedings concerning the people’s initiative to push for amending the 1987 Constitution.
“For example our rules on withdrawal, our rules on opposition, and the rules on notices that we need in the end to avoid problems, confusion, and misunderstandings when it comes to the interpretation of the provisions of our rules,” he added. “We will consult everybody on this to clarify what is covered when it concerns amendments and when it is related to revisions to the existing Charter,”
“But while the Comelec reviews it there are also other very important legislative matters that we are also pushing for. So wala pong problema , we welcome the act of the Comelec,” he added. “A ‘people’s initiative’ that started on the wrong foot and was tainted with controversy would not do the country and the people good, “ said Poe.
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