{"id":170394,"date":"2018-07-11T02:07:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=170394"},"modified":"2018-07-11T02:07:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:07:50","slug":"no-timetable-yet-for-cha-cha-farinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/11\/no-timetable-yet-for-cha-cha-farinas\/","title":{"rendered":"No timetable yet for ‘Cha-cha’: Fari\u00f1as"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Timetable is too far the table as such draft has not even been officially transmitted to the HOR, if so,” Farinas said. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The House of Representatives (HOR) does not have a timetable yet on the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) that will pave the way for the shift to federalism, Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a message to reporters, Fari\u00f1as said Congress has yet to receive the draft Federal Constitution submitted by the 22-member Consultative Committee (ConCom) to President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

“Timetable is too far the table as such draft has not even been officially transmitted to the HOR, if so,” he said.<\/p>\n

House committee on constitutional amendments chairman Roger Mercado, meanwhile, said they will await the resumption of sessions before laying the groundwork for discussions on Cha-cha.<\/p>\n

In a handover ceremony in Malaca\u00f1ang, Duterte received the 91-page draft Charter from the expert panel chaired by former Chief Justice Reynato Puno.<\/p>\n

The draft Federal Constitution titled \u201cBayanihan Federalism: Power to the People, Power to the Regions\u201d has 22 articles in total, compared to the 1987 Constitution’s 18 articles.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s ConCom unanimously approved the draft Federal Constitution last week in an executive session, over four months after it convened.<\/p>\n

ConCom spokesperson Ding Generoso said the President has approved \u201cin toto\u201d or as a whole the draft Federal Constitution and will endorse it to Congress, except for the transitory provisions, which he wants amended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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