The Senate will resume discussions on amending economic provisions of the Constitution, after a previous delay due to concerns over a separate signature campaign. Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomes the Senate's commitment to Charter change.
The Senate will push through with its own effort to amend economic provisions of the Constitution , which was earlier put on hold after senators raised the alarm over a separate signature campaign for a people’s initiative that they said sought to make them irrelevant. Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday welcomed Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri’s commitment to begin discussing Charter change next week.
“We are heartened by the news that the Senate, finally, will commence hearings on Resolution of Both Houses 6 next week. This marks a significant step towards the much-awaited constitutional amendments,” Romualdez said in a statement. “As Speaker of the House of Representatives, I await with great anticipation the outcomes of these Senate deliberations,” he added.No. 6, which he had filed, would be tackled in hearings starting next week. The resolution seeks to amend three specific economic provisions of the Constitution through a constituent assembly, with the Senate and the House of Representatives voting separatel
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