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Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Sunday admitted Charter Change can be easily defeated in the Senate as he sees three or four more senators who are not yet convinced on amending some specific economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution.“And I can count, and I still can count about three or four who are not yet convinced,” the lawmaker said.
“What you will ad to it the political provisions which are very unpopular among our people. And I know the Senate is very sensitive to the will of the people. I doubt if we can even get and muster half the Senate to agree to the political provisions,” he said.Zubiri has pointed out, however, that he is not losing hope because “I also believe that there should be constitutional reforms.”
“Due to this, I suggested that if we cannot convince chacha senators in the next few months, since we’re going for the preparations for the 2025 elections, then I would suggest the next step for the administration is to push for a pro-constitutional reform stand,” further stressed the Senate leader.
He related the gap for anti-charter change and pro-charter change senators in the Senate is not that big.
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