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Opposition senators slam Nur Misuari over 'war threat'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 11:18 PM

Opposition lawmakers slammed Moro National Liberation Front chairman Nur Misuari for threatening to go to war if the Philippines will not shift to federalism.   Read more »

'Lawmakers opposing anti-dynasty provision an obstacle to federal shift'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 24 08:56 PM

Senatorial aspirant Conrado "Ding" Generoso on Sunday said lawmakers who oppose anti-dynasty provisions are the biggest obstacles to the country's shift to a federal government. 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 »

Enrile denies seeking 'redemption' via Senate bid

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 07 08:33 AM

Former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday denied that he is seeking another term in the Senate to “redeem” himself from the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam. 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 »

Economic woes, territorial sovereignty, federalism among key 2019 election issues

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 10:54 PM

The country's economic woes, territorial sovereignty and the push for federalism are among the top issues in this year's midterm elections, an analyst said. Read more »

Duterte's silence on House draft federal charter 'deafening' - Con-Com member

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 28 10:44 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte's silence on the federal debate after the House of Representatives passed its version of a draft charter is "deafening," a member of his consultative committee said Friday. 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 »

OPINION: The House lied about restoring VP Robredo as Duterte’s successor in approved draft federal charter

Raïssa Robles
Updated as of Dec 19 01:17 AM

The House of Representatives lied when its officials said they had restored Vice President Leni Robredo as President Rodrigo Duterte’s successor during the transition to federalism. 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 »

House draft charter better than Puno Commission's version: constitutionalist

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 02:51 PM

The federal charter passed by the House of Representatives is "better" than the version submitted by a consultative committee "in some instances", one of the framers of the 1986 Constitution said Friday. 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 »

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 »

Petition vs BOL reminiscent of scrapped MOA-AD, says ex-chief justice

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 13 11:31 AM

MANILA - The petition raised against the Bangsamoro Organic Law is reminiscent of the Memorandum of Agreement on the Ancestral Domain which was unanimously scrapped by the Supreme Court in 2008, 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 »

'House's draft federal charter not a bargain'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 12 11:35 PM

Members of the consultative committee on charter change are furious after the House of Representatives' draft federal constitution ignored their recommendation. 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 »