The House of Representatives will have to yield its position to change the 1987 Constitution through a constitutional convention if it wants the Charter change initiative to have a better chance of getting approved in the Senate, Senator Robin Padilla has said.
In an interview on Monday, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Laws said he could convince his colleagues to support his Cha-cha resolution if they could be assured that the amendments would be limited to the constitution's economic provisions.
Padilla said lawmakers in the House have assured him that only the economic provisions of the constitution are up for revision. “E, 'yun nga lang siyempre pag con-con talaga, nabuksan ang Saligang Batas at meron tayong mga hinalal na delegado, hindi na po talaga kontrolado iyon, di natin mako-control,” Padilla said.
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