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PH can afford cost of federal shift: Concom spokesman

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 03 04:02 PM

The committee crunched the numbers seeking to dispute a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) estimate that shifting to federalism could cost as much as P243.5 billion. Read more »

ConCom, economic managers disagree on federalism cost

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 30 11:37 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's economic managers and his consultative committee on charter change failed to see eye to eye on the cost of shifting to a federal form of government. Read more »

Consultative committee, gov't economic managers to tackle draft charter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 10:49 PM

The committee tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to draft a new constitution will meet with his economic managers to iron out issues on the draft charter. Read more »

Palace to seek public feedback on draft charter

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 03:49 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday said it would seek public feedback on the draft federal charter created by its 22-member consultative committee, after President Rodrigo Duterte’s economic managers expressed apprehension over it.   Read more »

Nene Pimentel OK with federal shift even without dynasty ban

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 01:54 PM

The consultative committee member and former senate president said he would campaign for a federal shift even without such prohibition. Read more »

'Forceful' Duterte to get senators on board federalism: Nene Pimentel

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 20 01:52 PM

Duterte’s federalism project has been facing strong opposition in the upper chamber, with several senators questioning the need to revise the Constitution at this time. Read more »

Charter change body wraps up work on draft federal constitution

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 05:41 PM

MANILA - The consultative committee that President Rodrigo Duterte tasked to review the 1987 Constitution wrapped up work Saturday, six months after the group started drafting a federal charter.  Read more »

Charter group’s unfinished business: winning critics over

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 04:10 PM

The lights are out at the leaders’ hall of the Philippine International Convention Center where a group of experts, handpicked by President Rodrigo Duterte, spent the last 5 months rewriting the country’s fundamental law. Read more »

Duterte still wants federalism - Palace

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 13 04:36 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday stressed that President Rodrigo Duterte still wants to shepherd the Philippines towards federalism, even as his own economic managers and several business groups have expressed apprehension about it. Read more »

Finance Usec denies ConCom consulted DOF on draft charter

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 13 07:54 PM

An official of the Department of Finance denied on Monday that the Malacañang-backed consultative committee (ConCom) consulted them before drafting the proposed federal charter.  Read more »

Dominguez was consulted on draft charter, ConCom member says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 01:03 AM

Members of President Rodrigo Duterte's consultative committee hit back at Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez.  Read more »

Nene Pimentel urges Duterte to meet senators amid doubts on draft charter

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 10:53 PM

MANILA - One of the senior members of the consultative committee on charter change has sought the help of President Rodrigo Duterte in convincing senators to support their output amid doubts cast by the chief executive's economic managers. Read more »

Pimentel asks ConCom to show financial studies on draft charter

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 10:16 PM

MANILA - Amid apprehensions from economic managers about the financial impact of the proposed federal charter and shift to federalism, Sen. Koko Pimentel on Friday called on the consultative committee to present its financial studies to the public.   Read more »

Finance chief seeks dialogue on 'ambiguous' draft federal charter

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 10:53 AM

Dominguez earlier told lawmakers that he was "absolutely" against the proposed federal charter from a Palace-backed committee due to unclear provisions on revenue and expenditure assignments. Read more »

ConCom hopes to meet with Cabinet secretaries to explain draft charter

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 10:40 AM

The group President Rodrigo Duterte tasked to draft a federal constitution hopes to meet with his Cabinet secretaries to explain its proposal after several economic managers expressed disapproval, a member said Friday. Read more »

Concom, hihingan ng tulong para ligawan ang Senado sa Con-Ass

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 08 12:04 AM

Hihingi ang Kamara ng tulong kay dating Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. at sa iba pang mga miyembro ng consultative committee para kumbinsihin ang Senado na sumali sa Constituent Assembly. Read more »

'Desperado na ba?' Concom member, nabahala sa 'pepedederalismo'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 12:32 AM

Nagpahayag ng pagkabahala ang isang miyembro ang consultative committee ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa posibleng epekto ng kontrobersiyal na "pepedederalismo" video sa kampanya ng administrasyon para sa pederalismo.   Read more »

Charter change, muling didinggin sa Kamara simula Martes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 10:53 PM

Gagamitin ng House committee on constitutional amendments sa kanilang pagtalakay sa charter change bilang "working draft" ang isinumiteng draft ng consultative committee ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

ConCom thumbs down 'Ipederalismo' video

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 05:07 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte's consultative committee on charter change expressed disapproval in the way federalism was presented in a controversial video posted on a Malacañang official's Facebook page.  Read more »

'Inggit lang kayo': Blogger, Mocha dumepensa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 04:51 PM

Dumepensa sina Communications Assistant Secretary Margaux Uson at ang blogger na si Drew Olivar matapos maging kontrobersiyal ang video nila ukol sa pederalismo.  Read more »