{"id":158232,"date":"2018-03-26T04:40:57","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=158232"},"modified":"2018-03-26T04:40:57","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T08:40:57","slug":"puno-says-no-term-extension-for-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/03\/26\/puno-says-no-term-extension-for-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Puno says no term extension for Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Con-com Head Reynato Puno (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Former Chief Justice Reynato Puno who serves as the President\u2019s head of the Consultative Committee said that the Chief Executive cannot have a term extension in the proposed draft of the Constitution in preparation of a federal shift.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe term limit in the 1987 Constitution holds\u2026 The limits under the 1987 Constitution will still apply,\u201d Puno said in a press briefing on March 26.<\/p>\n

In the 1987 Constitution \u2013 the current Constitution in effect limits the president to serve a maximum of six years. A re-election is also not allowed.<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte\u2019s term will end this 2022.<\/p>\n

Earlier this January, president of the Senate and the ruling party Partido Demokratiko Pilipino \u2013 Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) said that a term extension for Duterte is possible.<\/p>\n

(Read: Pimentel: Federal gov\u2019t can extend Rody\u2019s term<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can extend the President\u2019s term: One, if really necessary; two, if he is amenable to it; and three, since that extension will be part of the new Constitution, the new Constitution is approved by the people themselves,\u201d the Senator told reporters in a text message.<\/p>\n

According to Pimentel, this all depends on the \u201ctransitory provisions\u201d that will be agreed upon by the Constituent assembly (Con-ass).<\/p>\n

\u201cDepends too on when we approve the new Constitution. If 2019, then the next three years will be the transitory period,\u201d he further said.<\/p>\n

This was, however, rebutted by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Jr. who said that Duterte considers a term extension to be a nightmare.<\/p>\n

(Read: Extension of term \u201cultimate nightmare\u201d for Duterte, Palace says<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201c[Duterte] wants to make institutional changes, particularly on the Constitution and that appears to be his short-term, medium-term and long-term objective\u2026Not even a day longer. To him, that\u2019s the ultimate nightmare. He wants to finish his term. He wants to give it his best shot and that\u2019s it,\u201d Roque said in an interview with CNN Philippines.<\/p>\n

On March 13, a University of the Philippines (UP) Political Science professor Gene Lacza Pilapil said that the Con-Com should ban Duterte from a re-election.<\/p>\n

(Read: Cha-cha should ban Duterte from re-election \u2013 professor<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u201cChanging constitutions is a classic strategy of autocratic leaders elected in democracies but who later undermined their democracies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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