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Will Diokno save Duterte or Arroyo? His answer draws laughs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 17 10:49 PM

If a ship was sinking and there was only one life vest left, who would you save - President Rodrigo Duterte or former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo? Read more »

OPINION: Imperial President: The heart of a centralized government

Michael Henry Ll. Yusingco, LL.M
Updated as of Feb 16 04:10 AM

Abolishing the imperial presidency ought to be the primary objective of charter change. Read more »

Theater review: 'Charot!' is PETA's hilarious riff on charter change

Fred Hawson
Posted at Feb 15 06:11 AM

The main story of "Charot!" follows eight individuals who were on their way to their polling precinct to vote. Read more »

Palace: Duterte not abandoning federalism push

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 21 02:42 PM

MANILA - The administration is not yet giving up on its push to change the country’s form of government to federalism, the Palace said Monday, after President Rodrigo Duterte hinted last week he might just opt to have the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution amended. Read more »

Duterte hints at shift in approach to charter change

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 07:37 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday hinted at a possible shift in the approach to amending the Constitution, saying he might just opt to seek a revision of its economic provisions. Read more »

House 'undermined, hijacked' charter change discourse - Ateneo presidents

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 06:42 PM

Presidents of Ateneo universities across the country said discussion on amendments to the 1987 Constitution have been "undermined and hijacked" by lawmakers at the House of Representatives. Read more »

House panel voted unanimously to lift term limits: lawmaker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 20 08:59 PM

Members of the House of Representatives committee on constitutional amendments voted unanimously to lift term limits for officials in its version of the draft federal charter, a lawmaker said Thursday, saying that "90 percent" of lawmakers do not want term limits.  Read more »

Panelo: Too early to judge House draft charter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 10:05 AM

MANILA - Judging the House of Representative's draft federal charter would be "premature," President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »

Poll watchdog calls House draft charter 'worst form of election fraud'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 03:08 PM

MANILA - A poll watchdog warned Monday that the proposed federal charter drafted by the House of Representatives, which would lift term limits for elected officials, is a "wholesale act of fraud" against the people. Read more »

OPINION: Reflecting on RBH 15

Edmund S. Tayao
Updated as of Dec 14 12:12 AM

Much to our surprise and disappointment, what came out is an audacious display of self-indulgence in Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) 15, removing not only term limits but also all the fundamental systemic reform measures we have put in place. Read more »

'Draft federal charter ng Kamara, peke at minadali'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 10:06 PM

Binatikos ni dating chief justice Reynato Puno ang isinusulong na federal constitution ng Kamara.   Read more »

House can't force Senate to act on proposed charter: ex-CJ Puno

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 11:35 AM

MANILA - The House of Representatives cannot force the Senate to join them in a constitutional assembly to vote on charter change, a former chief justice said Thursday. Read more »

Con-Com chair says House draft charter a 'disaster to democracy'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 10:10 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's Consultative Committee warned the public about the "deficiencies" of a proposed federal charter drafted and approved by the House of Representatives. Read more »

Draft federal charter ng Kamara, 'makasarili, nakakasuklam'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 13 01:50 AM

Matapos ilusot ng mababang kapulungan ang panukalang federal constitution kahit hindi ito prayoridad ng Senado, kaliwa't kanang batikos ang inabot ng mga miyembro ng Kamara. Read more »

Con-Com member hits House's 'unceremonious' passage of 'grotesque' federal charter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 06:03 PM

A member of President Rodrigo Duterte's consultative committee tasked to draft a federal charter on Wednesday lambasted the House of Representatives' "unceremonious" passage of a separate charter change bill described as "grotesque." Read more »

House approves draft federal charter on 3rd reading

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 05:44 PM

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved on third and final reading its proposed federal charter. Read more »

Draft federal charter, lusot na sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 12:55 AM

Lusot na sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa sa Kamara ngayong Martes ang isang draft constitution na magiging daan sa pagbubuo ng isang pederal na porma ng gobyerno. Read more »

House draft charter offers 'fake' federalism, warns professor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 11 09:51 AM

MANILA - The federal constitution drafted by the House of Representative is nothing but fake federalism with self-serving provisions, a professor on public policy said Tuesday. Read more »

Ilang grupo, nagprotesta sabay sa paggunita sa Human Rights Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:26 PM

Idinaan ng mga militanteng grupo sa pagsunog sa mga anti-Duterte mural ang paggunita sa International Human Rights Day. Read more »

House federal draft ‘happy days’ for political dynasties: con-com member

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 04:03 PM

Political science professor Julio Teehankee joined several other consultative committee members in condemning the draft, which removed a ban on political dynasties but lifted term limits. Read more »