During the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes public hearing, Julian Payne, who represents the Joint Foreign Chambers of the Philippines, said they are pushing to scrap all economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution.
He further argued that removing economic restrictions from the Constitution will allow Congress to aptly and immediately adapt to changes in internal and external contexts.
“There are two different issues–one is the degree of the restrictions, which could vary depending on what your vital issues are, and the second is the ability to respond and adjust, and that’s where you get into the hardcore issue on whether it should be in the Constitution or it should be in a specific law approved by Congress or in an executive order,” Payne said.
Senator Robin Padilla, the main proponent of the charter change bid in the upper chamber, echoed Payne’s sentiments as he underscored theTalks on proposed charter change recently erupted in both chambers of Congress as several lawmakers raised the need to relax economic restrictions in the Constitution.
But the main movers for constitutional amendments in the Senate and the House–Padilla and Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez–said they are not closing the door on discussions concerningThis, however, was met with opposition as their colleagues questioned the urgency and need for charter change against the backdrop of other pressing economic issues such as low wages, skyrocketing inflation and rising prices of basic commodities.President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
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