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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Sen. Robinhood Padilla presides over a hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Apr. 24, 2024. Bibo Nueva España/Senate PRIB" src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1714383639349Robin-Padilla.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><figcaption>Sen. Robinhood Padilla presides over a hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes on Apr. 24, 2024. <em>Bibo Nueva España/Senate PRIB</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Sen. Robinhood Padilla has filed a resolution for political amendments to the 1987 Constitution as a more surgical resolution limited to economic provisions filed by the Senate president struggles for support at upper chamber.</p><p>Padilla, chair of the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, said</span> in a press release that his Resolution of Both Houses No. 8 would be a &quot;participatory and democratic&quot; way of revising the Constitution.</p><p>&quot;To dispel any doubt that a proposed revision to the 1987 Constitution would only advance the interests of a few, a Constitutional Convention is deemed to be the more appropriate mode of doing said revision,&quot; he said.</p><p>Delegates to a constitutional convention are elected to the body. In contrast, a constituent assembly would be composed of members of Congress.</p><p>In his resolution, members of the Senate and House of Representatives will each need a vote of two-thirds of each House to call for a constitutional convention.</p><p>The Senate has not acted on a resolution that the House approved in 2023 calling for a constitutional convention.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/27/padilla-says-to-work-to-ban-dynasties-little-by-little-1336">RELATED: Padilla says to work to ban dynasties &#x27;little by little&#x27;</a></div><div><strong>ZUBIRI: NOT ENOUGH VOTES FOR ECONOMIC AMENDMENTS</strong></div><p>Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri has said that it has been very difficult to muster votes for economic charter change and has expressed doubts that political amendments will pick up steam at the Senate.</p><p>&quot;Hirap na hirap ako kumuha ng 3/4 vote para sa economic provisions. As of now, kulang, to be honest, we don&#x27;t have the 18 votes <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">for the economic provisions alone</span>,&quot; he said <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">on TeleRadyo Serbisyo&#x27;s &quot;Anong Ganap&quot; on Sunday.</span></p><p>(It has been very difficult to get the 2/4 vote for the economic provisions. As of now, we lack votes, to be honest.)</p><div><span>He said that it would be even more difficult to get support for political provisions, which deal with issues like term limits.</span></div><p>&quot;I doubt if we can even muster half the Senate to agree to the political provisions,&quot; he said. </p><p>Zubiri lists Sen. Cynthia Villar, Imee Marcos, Chiz Escudero and Risa Honitveros, and Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel as having voiced opposition to charter change.</p><p>He said there are four others who are against it but have not said so publicly.</p><p>The proposed charter amendment needs the backing of 18 senators to be approved by the chamber, which means those against the measure only need seven votes.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable" frameBorder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ESImqHVFkGE?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" width="640"></iframe></span>&quot;With due respect sa ating mga kasamahan sa House of Representatives — Nagagalit sila na &#x27;bakit hindi kaya ni Senate president?&#x27; &#x27;Bakit di niya kayang utusan?&#x27; Iba po sa Senado. Sa Senado, 24 &#x27;independent republics&#x27; po &#x27;yan.&quot;</div><p>(Colleagues in the House of Representatives call me out for not ordering my colleagues to vote for the measure. The Senate is different, as it has 24 &#x27;independent republics&#x27;.)</p><p>He said he is not even sure if the Senate will formally put Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 to a vote.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung iba, gusto nila, &#x27;sige, botohan na lang natin ito para magkaalaman&#x27;. May iba naman nagsasabi na &#x27;kung wala naman tayong boto ba&#x27;t pa tayo boboto?&#x27;,&quot; Zubiri said.</p><p>(There are those saying &#x27;let&#x27;s put it to a vote, so it&#x27;s clear.&#x27; Others are saying &#x27;if we don&#x27;t have the numbers, why even put it to a vote?&#x27;.)</p><p>Zubiri said he is commissioning a survey from Social Weather Stations to check public sentiment on charter change.</p><p>On Monday, Zubiri said the Senate plans to do separate hearings in Baguio City, Cebu and in Cagayan de Oro as well.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/3/marcos-adviser-gadon-include-political-amendments-in-charter-change-talks-1643">READ: Marcos adviser Gadon: Include political amendments in Charter change talks</a></div><div><strong>NOT AMONG PRIORITY MEASURES</strong></div><p>Senate Resolution of Both Houses 6 or economic charter change was not among the 20 priority measures the Senate wants to approve before the 19th Congress adjourns its second regular session later this month.</p><p>Of those priority measures, the proposed <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) Act — a framework that accounts for the country’s natural capital and its economic impact — is ready for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr&#x27;s signature.</span></p><p>The bicameral reports on two measures have already been ratified and are now in the process of enrollment: the Philippine Maritime Zones Act and the measure establishing the Negros Island Region and  the Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act.</p>

<p>Padilla, chair of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, said his Resolution of Both Houses No. 8 would be a "participatory and democratic" way of revising the Constitution.</p>

Padilla, chair of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, said his Resolution of Both Houses No. 8 would be a "participatory and democratic" way of revising the Constitution.

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Padilla files own charter change bid as economic revisions face resistance

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RG CRUZ

Published Apr 29, 2024 05:45 PM PHT

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