After seven public consultations, the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Monday approved a Resolution of Both Houses calling for a Constitutional convention (Con-con) to amend the 1987 Constitution.
After seven public consultations, the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Monday approved a Resolution of Both Houses calling for a Constitutional convention to amend the 1987 Constitution.
The committee will resume its hearing on Wednesday to identify which provisions of the 1987 Constitution will be amended. “We also asked the participants in these out-of-town public consultations to answer survey questionnaires on the 3 issues of necessity, mode and proposed amendments. The results show that 77 percent are in favor of amending with 41 percent for Con-con and 38 percent proposed economic amendments,” added Rodriguez.
“This public consultation is important to ensure that the public are informed about the amendments in the Constitution. Thirty-six years ago [since it was ratified] and a lot has changed and a lot needs to be fixed,” the lawmaker pointed out. Former National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos, one of the panelists, said it is imperative to change the basic law of the land because “we discovered that the conditions upon which the 1987 Constitution has been established have changed.”
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