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Escudero says Padilla's charter change petition before Supreme Court premature

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<p>MANILA — Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero believes that it would be premature for the Supreme Court to tackle the petition of his colleague Sen. Robinhood Padilla on how Congress should vote on charter change.</p><p>Escudero explained that there is no “justiciable” issue or controversy yet for the SC to decide on.</p><p>“Yan ay personal niyang desisyon, hindi yan kinonsulta sakin at hindi &#x27;yan aksyon ng Senado,&quot; Escudero said of the petition.</p><p>(That was his personal decision. I was not consulted on it and that is not an action by the Senate)</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/8/5/padilla-asks-sc-to-rule-on-how-congress-should-vote-on-charter-change-1028">READ: Padilla asks SC to rule on how Congress should vote on charter change</a></div><p>He said that he does not want to preempt the Supreme Court but he believes that the court cannot take jurisdiction over the plea yet. </p><p>&quot;Dahil wala namang justiciable issue o controversy na nire-require ng korte bago ito mag-assume ng jurisdiction sa anumang petisyon na inihahin sa kanila.&quot;</p><p>(Because there is no justiciable issue or controversy, which the court needs to assume jurisdiction of a petition before it)</p><p>He said that the court cannot rule on something when there is no issue for it to step in. </p><p>Although the debate on whether Congress should vote jointly or separately on moves to amend the 1987 Constitution has dragged on for decades, none of the attempts to amend the charter have reached the stage where lawmakers would actually have to vote.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/14/24/1997-sc-decision-could-delay-peoples-initiative-push-retired-justice">RELATED: 1997 court decision could delay people&#x27;s initiative push — retired SC justice<br/></a></div><p>“Hindi ito puwedeng simpleng hihingi ka lang ng payo kaugnay sa isang bagay na naisipan mo lamang,” according to Escudero.</p><p>(This is not a matter of seeking legal advice on something that you just thought up)</p><p>On Monday, Padilla asked the SC to settle the decades-old debate on whether the Senate and the House of Representatives will vote separately or jointly on proposals to amend the 1987 Constitution.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ue8b-yL--t4?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero believes that it is premature for the Supreme Court to tackle the petition of his colleague, Sen. Robin Padilla on how Congress should vote on charter change.</p>

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero believes that it is premature for the Supreme Court to tackle the petition of his colleague, Sen. Robin Padilla on how Congress should vote on charter change.