Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said his position on pushing Charter change remains, but he has vowed to keep an “open mind” about further discussing the proposal with the leadership of the House of Representatives. | BPinlacINQ
Asked if Romualdez had misinterpreted Zubiri during their dialogue, Zubiri said: “That’s why I want to correct it. My open mindedness is for us to discuss this issue. We’re not closing our doors for discussion. We’re not closing our doors for that meeting. It does not mean that my position has changed. It only means that we want to discuss further with them on how to go about with [this].”
He then pointed out that, at the onset, the Cha-cha mode being pushed by Sen. Robin Padilla and Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez–the main proponents of the bid for constitutional reform at the Senate and House, respectively–is already clashing. He said holding an executive session is their next course of action to avoid “grandstanding” among members of Congress on the push to amend or revise the 36-year-old Charter.“It’s not going to be healthy if both houses are going to be fighting on this particular issue when there’s a lot of work to be done to help our country,” Zubiri said.
But Padilla still expressed dismay over the move to defer the committee meeting with its House counterpart.
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