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Senator Robin Padlila on Monday asked the Supreme Court for an “authoritative declaration” on whether Congress should vote jointly or separately on amendments to the 1987 Constitution.In the petition, Padilla asked for the Court to declare on constitutional matters related to Sections 1 and 3, Article XVII of the 1987 Constitution.
Hindi po tayo humihingi ng advice, humihingi po tayo ng resolba, nakikiusap po tayo sa Mataas na Hukuman na i-resolba na po nila itong away na ito,” he added. Padilla stressed that the Senate and the House of Representatives had butted heads over the matter."Without the Honorable Court's declarative pronouncements, these questions, as well as the unstable relations between the two Houses of Congress, shall persist," Padilla said in a statement.
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