{"id":108334,"date":"2017-07-26T05:46:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=108334"},"modified":"2017-07-26T05:46:26","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T09:46:26","slug":"congress-eyes-twg-to-draft-revisions-to-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/07\/26\/congress-eyes-twg-to-draft-revisions-to-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress eyes TWG to draft revisions to Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_63486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63486\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2011_Philippine_State_of_the_Nation_Address.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-63486\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2011_Philippine_State_of_the_Nation_Address-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Duterte has been pushing for a shift from a unitary form of government towards a federal system to allow the better distribution of public services.(Photo by: Robert Vinas\/ Malacanang Photo Bureau).\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2011_Philippine_State_of_the_Nation_Address-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/2011_Philippine_State_of_the_Nation_Address.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-63486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Duterte has been pushing for a shift from a unitary form of government towards a federal system to allow the better distribution of public services.(Photo by: Robert Vinas\/ Malacanang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, July 26\u2014 Both houses of Congress have agreed to form a joint technical working group (TWG) that will draft proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution even without the Constitutional Commission (Con-Com), a body of experts to be formed by Malaca\u00f1ang that will aid Congress in proposing Charter changes.<\/p>\n<p>House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as revealed this to reporters on Wednesday after emerging from a meeting with leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives to discuss their common legislative agenda for the second regular session.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ang napag-usapan namin, if we cannot wait for the commission being created by the President, both houses magbubuo na lang kami ng parang Technical Working Group,\u201d Fari\u00f1as said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fari\u00f1as, the TWG will be composed of at least six to 12 members from each chamber to draw up a working draft that shall be deliberated upon by Congress when it convenes into a Constituent Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>President Duterte ordered the creation of a 25-member Con-Com body that would review the 1987 Constitution and make recommendations toward a systemic shift to federalism. However, Malaca\u00f1ang has yet to name the members of the Con-Com.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said Congress will convene itself as a Con-Ass next year to introduce amendments to the 1987 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2016, President Rodrigo Duterte has signed Executive Order 10, creating a consultative committee, composed of 25 different experts from the country, that will review the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte has been pushing for a shift from a unitary form of government towards a federal system to allow the better distribution of public services. 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