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Velasco meets with political party leaders ahead of charter change hearing

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 11:00 AM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco got the backing of various political party leaders on the eve of a House hearing on his proposal to amend economic provisions in the Constitution. Read more »

Velasco pinulong ang liderato ng mga partido ukol sa Charter change

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 08:17 PM

Pinulong ni House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco ang mga lider ng political parties sa Kamara bago ang hearing sa Charter change.  Read more »

Velasco shores up support for charter change ahead of committee deliberations

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:49 PM

House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco met with Leaders of Political Parties in the Majority Coalition at the House of Representatives Tuesday to make sure only amendments to the limits to foreign investments in the country are tackled and approved when the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments meets on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 on Wednesday morning. Read more »

Exclude land ownership from Cha-cha discussions says Finance chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:01 PM

Land ownership should be left out of discussions on Charter change, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Lawmakers see no need for charter change to reform party-list law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 10:30 PM

The Philippine House Speaker said proposed amendments to the country's 1987 Constitution may be finalized and put to a vote during a plebiscite in 2022. Read more »

Mga mambabatas hati ang opinyon kung napapanahon ba ang Charter change

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 08:03 PM

Hati ang opinyon ng ilang mambabatas kung tama bang isulong ang pag-amyenda sa Saligang Batas sa gitna ng pandemya. Read more »

Philippines' largest business group calls on gov't to limit Cha-cha to economic provisions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 05:59 PM

The country’s largest business group on Monday said the government should focus on enacting bills that promote economic recovery and limit possible amendments to the Constitution to its economic provisions. Read more »

Charter change to die if political agenda inserted - Salceda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 01:46 PM

Charter change will fail if lawmakers will insert political amendments, Rep. Joey Salceda said Monday as he insisted that only economic provisions will be touched. Read more »

Solon flags political agenda in proposed charter change hearings

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 11 01:45 PM

The resumption of House hearings on charter change has a political agenda despite assurances of congressmen to only open up economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, a lawmaker said Monday.   Read more »

'Di pa ba tayo natuto?': Robredo says Cha-Cha hearings 'wrong-timing'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 04:46 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo said Sunday the resumption of charter change hearings at the House of Representatives was made at a "wrong" time as the COVID-19 pandemic persisted. Read more »

Ratification of proposed charter change eyed alongside 2022 polls: Velasco

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 10 01:37 PM

The House of Representatives aims to present constitutional amendments for the public's ratification alongside the 2022 national elections, Speaker Lord Allan Velasco said Sunday. Read more »

Mga Pinoy abala sa pandemya para maisip ang Cha-cha: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 08:43 PM

Naniniwala ang isang political science professor na masyadong abala ang mga tao na makabangon sa pandemya.  Read more »

Moves to amend charter 'very dangerous, insidious,' says '87 Constitution framer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 07:07 PM

MANILA - One of the framers of the 1987 Constitutions on Friday called the moves to propose amendments to the economic provisions of the Constitution as “very dangerous and insidious”. Read more »

2020 clear vision for 2021

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Jan 08 03:59 PM

We have to make sure that systemic reforms are pursued if charter change is pushed at this very late juncture of the Duterte administration. Read more »

Lower House to resume charter change talks amid pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 10:09 PM

The push at the Philippine legislature to revive constitutional amendments fuels speculations these could lead to a term extension for President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Economic provisions unang tatalakayin ng Kamara sa panukalang pagamyenda sa Konstitusyon- Garbin

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 08:07 PM

Siniguro ng ilang mambabatas sa Kamara na economic provisions muna ang tatalakayin sa Cha-cha sa susunod na linggo. Read more »

Secure COVID-19 vaccines first before 'wasting' time on Cha-cha, says Robredo spox

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 03:47 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo's office said on Thursday that the government should first secure a supply of COVID-19 vaccines before "wasting" resources on the push of President Rodrigo Duterte's allies for charter change. Read more »

Constitutional amendment pushed to heed Duterte advice to change party-list law: Sotto

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 02:15 PM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Thursday said a resolution to convene Congress as a constituent assembly was filed after President Rodrigo Duterte asked lawmakers to amend or abolish the party-list system in the constitution. Read more »

Palace denies Duterte wants to stay in power beyond 2022, as allies push Cha-cha

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 01:47 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte does not want to stay in power beyond the end of his term in 2022, Malacañang said on Thursday, as his allies pushed for charter change.  Read more »

'Waste of time': Drilon says minority senators to block charter change push

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 01:08 PM

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Thursday that amending the constitution during the COVID-19 pandemic is an "exercise in futility" and a "waste of time" as it would unlikely get the approval of Congress. Read more »