Senators are not likely to be stampeded into rushing approval of the House-endorsed move to amend the 1987 Constitution, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said at the weekend.
SENATORS are not likely to be stampeded into rushing approval of the House-endorsed move to amend the 1987 Constitution, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said at the weekend.
Sharing the view of both majority and minority senators, Senate President Zubiri recalled Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III’s observation that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has nothing to do with amending the Constitution. Zubiri added, partly in Filipino: “Second, the truth is that we don’t have the numbers for Charter change. Even if I were to push it, a ¾ vote is needed in the Senate, which is 18 votes. Almost half of those I talked to are against Charter change. Why should we divide the Senate on the charter change issue, when there are many LEDAC measures we still have to tackle. We will only lose focus.”
Zubiri said it made no sense “wasting a lot of time and effort …a lot of energy and funding discussing a measure for which we cannot muster the votes. So I said, it’s not a priority at this point in time.” If delegates wish to review “Article 1 to the last article of the Constitution, they can do so, including the political provisions. Nothing can stop them if that’s what they want. That’s the real danger.”
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