ALBAY 2nd District Rep. Jose Ma. Clemente 'Joey' Salceda on Wednesday said that the required number of signatures to allow Charter change (Cha-cha) through a people's initiative has been reached. The 1987 Constitution permits citizens to propose amendments to the charter by means of a petition of at least 12 percent of registered voters, of which every legislative district is represented by a minimum of 3 percent of registered voters therein. Salceda said in a radio interview that the number of signatures has reached 12.1 percent. THE Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Israeli Embassy in Manila confirmed the death of Cydrick Garin, a Filipino reservist in the Israel Defense Forces, during a massive explosion in Gaza on January 22
ALBAY 2nd District Rep. Jose Ma. Clemente 'Joey' Salceda on Wednesday said that the required number of signatures to allow Charter change (Cha-cha) through a people's initiative has been reached. The 1987 Constitution permits citizens to propose amendments to the charter by means of a petition of at least 12 percent of registered voters, of which every legislative district is represented by a minimum of 3 percent of registered voters therein.
Salceda said in a radio interview that the number of signatures has reached 12.1 percent. THE Philippine Embassy in Tel Aviv and the Israeli Embassy in Manila confirmed the death of Cydrick Garin, a Filipino reservist in the Israel Defense Forces, during a massive explosion in Gaza on January 2
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