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ALAMIN: Bawal ba o hindi ang mga political dynasty?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 08:49 PM

Mayroon bang pagbabawal sa Saligang Batas laban sa mga poltical dynasty, o ang paghahalal at pag-upo sa mga posisyon ng gobyerno ng magkakamag-anak?  Read more »

Ex-VP Binay wants to amend Constitution, 'give vice president a job'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 14 05:02 PM

MANILA - Former vice president Jejomar Binay on Wednesday said he would push for the amendment of the Constitution to "give the vice president a job," should he win a Congressional seat in the 2019 midterm polls. Read more »

Dapat bang college graduate ang tatakbo sa halalan?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 13 02:15 PM

Ano ang sinasabi ng Saligang Batas tungkol sa mga kalipikasyan o qualification ng taong tumatakbo sa halalan?   Read more »

OPINION: Charter change vs. legislative reform

Atty. Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco, LL.M
Posted at Nov 07 08:25 PM

Current political leaders must rethink plans of “fast-tracking” charter change. Imposing their will on the people will only elicit strong resistance and can lead to chaos and violence.  Read more »

Senado balak 'dedmahin' ang bagong draft charter ng Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 07:19 PM

Para sa liderato ng Senado ay "dead on arrival" na ang panukalang Resolution of Both Houses No. 15 ng Kamara na layong amyendahan ang 1987 Constitution.  Read more »

OPINION: Gloria Arroyo is crudely and secretly ramming through a legal bid to stay in power forever

Raïssa Robles
Posted at Oct 08 09:30 PM

If House Speaker Gloria Arroyo and her allies really want political change – which I’m sure they don’t – they would ban political dynasties, even up to the second degree of marriage, blood and civil partnerships (i.e. the kabit system). Read more »

House begins plenary debates on new charter

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 08:34 PM

MANILA - An advocate of charter change in the House believes the removal of term limits will produce great lawmakers again. Read more »

ALAMIN: Ano ang amnestiya?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 09:02 PM

Pinawalangbisa nitong Martes ng Malacañang ang amnesty na ibinigay ng gobyerno kay Senador Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

ALAMIN: Bakit nasa Ingles ang ating mga batas?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 25 01:21 AM

Marahil nakakapagtaka na Ingles ang gamit sa pagsulat at pag-aakda ng mga batas kahit na Filipino ang ating wikang pambansa.    Read more »

Maaari bang tanggihan ang arrest warrant?

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 14 03:47 PM

Ano ang maaaring gawin kung nais tanggihan o kuwestiyunin ang arrest warrant na inihahain?  Read more »

ALAMIN: Karapatan sa agarang pagresolba ng isang kaso

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 10:42 PM

Noong 2017, hinimok ni dating Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales ang Korte Suprema na bigyang-depinisiyon ang "inordinate delay" sa mga kasong na-dismiss sa Sandiganbayan. Read more »

Duterte: I won't stay in office a day longer than term

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 23 07:49 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said he does not wish to stay in power beyond his term under the current charter or any other Constitution.  Read more »

OPINION: Monsod: Senate’s ‘Magnificent Seven’ could stop charter change

(Analysis) Raïssa Robles
Posted at Jul 22 11:33 PM

Unless the Senate is crudely bypassed by the House and the Supreme Court approves it.  Read more »

OPINION: Heed this constitutional expert’s warning

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 19 03:40 PM

What struck me in the Pulse Asia’s latest survey on Charter Change was how uninformed we are about our Constitution, which we all approved in 1987.   Read more »

Unpacking federalism: Who will rule? Send in the clans

Malou Mangahas, Justin Oliver Fiestada, and Crystal Joy de la Rosa, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Updated as of Jul 19 09:11 AM

Old and new politicians, notably those from the about 200 political clans enduring, emerging, and lording over the nation’s 81 provinces could all run for a four-year term in May 2022, and even get re-elected for another four under the proposed charter.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Political dynasty, pagpapalit ng partido sa ilalim ng draft charter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 12 08:31 PM

Nakatanggap ng mga batikos ang draft charter partikular sa pagmamay-ari ng lupain, pagtatanggal diumano ng political dynasty, at iba pa. Ano nga ba ang totoo tungkol dito?  Read more »

OPINION: Landmines in the Duterte draft Constitution

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jul 11 05:43 PM

Let’s be clear about this: The draft Constitution written by a the 22-member Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution submitted to President Duterte Monday is not the Constitution that will be submitted to the people in a plebiscite. Read more »

Charter change may lead to authoritarianism, Monsod warns

Patrick Quintos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 03:52 PM

Citing portions of the draft constitution that he received from sources, lawyer Christian Monsod said it called for the creation of new institutions with broader scopes and federated regions that will not share sovereignty, among others. Read more »

Quo warranto kay Sereno, labag sa Konstitusyon: Monsod

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 11:43 PM

Puwede lang tanggalin ang mga miyembro ng Korte Suprema sa pamamagitan ng impeachment, ayon sa isa sa mga mismong bumalangkas ng Konstitusyon. Read more »

Charter clear impeachment only way to remove Sereno: framer

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 12:12 AM

The Supreme Court ruling banishing Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno went against the intent of the constitution that such official can only be removed through impeachment, one of the charter’s framers said Tuesday. Read more »