JUST IN: Actor-turned-senator Robin Padilla is named chair of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments, the first time since the drafting of the 1987 Constitution that the panel won't be headed by an experienced senator and lawyer.
with over 26.45 million votes, besting veteran politicians and returning senators. During the campaign period, Padilla consistently appeared at the sorties of the Uniteam slate of Marcos and his running mate, now-Vice President Sara Duterte. Padilla is an ally of the Vice President, and has also been profusely thanking former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for helping his candidacy.
As constitutional amendments panel chair, Padilla is expected to steer bills and resolutions aiming to amend the 1987 Constitution, which was drafted following the EDSA People Power Revolution that ousted Marcos’ father, dictator Ferdinand Marcos, in 1986. Padilla himself wants to amend the Constitution so the Philippines could shift to a federal system of government. He has already filed proposed Senate Resolution No. 6, which urges the Senate committee he now chairs to study the country shifting to a federal system and parliamentary form of government and introducing amendments to the charter to make this happen., given several senators’ strong opposition against tweaking the Constitution, among other reasons.
But with Padilla at the helm of the committee, those pushing to change parts of the Constitution may now have better chances at succeeding under the Marcos administration. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, however, already saidThis is the first time in the post-EDSA years that a non-lawyer will be heading the constitutional amendments committee in the Senate. Since the 8th Congress in 1987, the panel has been headed by veteran senators who were also experienced lawyers.
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