BREAKING: House con-con resolution OK’d on 3rd reading. READ:
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved on third and final Monday, March 6 Resolution of Both Houses No.6, which calls for the creation of a constitutional convention for the purpose of introducing amendments to the 1987 Constitution.
A total of 301 House members voted in the affirmative on RBH No.6 during the conduct of nominal voting. Six voted in the negative, while one abstained. House Speaker and Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez, who presided over plenary session Monday afternoon, declared the measure’s third-reading passage. With the vote, the proposal for a con-con would now be essentially endorsed to the Senate.It was only last Feb. 28, or less than a week ago, when RBH No.6 was passed on second reading.
In total, the con-con measure was approved by the lower chamber after just three days worth of plenary debates. Just a few minutes before nominal voting, the office of the Speaker somewhat foreshadowed the result when it released a statement saying that “at least 300 members” of the House signified their intention to be co-authors of the resolution.
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