{"id":146844,"date":"2018-01-16T22:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=146844"},"modified":"2018-01-16T22:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-17T03:29:46","slug":"house-adopts-con-ass-to-amend-charter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/16\/house-adopts-con-ass-to-amend-charter\/","title":{"rendered":"House adopts con-ass to amend Charter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Members of the House approved via voice voting House Concurrent Resolution No. 9 convening both Houses of Congress into a constituent assembly. (ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u2014\u00a0<\/strong>The House of Representatives on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling Congress to constitute itself as a constituent assembly (con-ass) to propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution toward a shift to federalism.<\/p>\n

Members of the House approved via voice voting House Concurrent Resolution No. 9 convening both Houses of Congress into a constituent assembly.<\/p>\n

House committee on constitutional amendments chair Roger Mercado said con-ass as a mode for Charter change would only cost PHP204 million as opposed to a constitutional convention, which would cost up to PHP11 billion.<\/p>\n

Mercado’s committee earlier in the day determined the provisions that need to be put up for discussion in the constituent assembly proper.<\/p>\n

When asked if voting on Charter change should be done jointly or separately in a constituent assembly, Mercado believes that the House and Senate should vote jointly.<\/p>\n

Article XVII, Section 1 of the Constitution states: \u201cAny amendment to, or revision of, this Constitution may be proposed by (1) The Congress, upon the vote of three-fourths of all its Members.\u201d<\/p>\n

“On the part of the House of Representatives, we are limited to the provision. We cannot make any interpretation other than what is stated in our Constitution,” Mercado said.<\/p>\n

The proposed federal charter retains the position of the President, who would act as head of state, and introduces the position of a Prime Minister, who would be the head of the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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