Senado, tiniyak na economic provisions lang at hindi politika ang bubusisiin sa usapin ng charter change
Senado, tiniyak na economic provisions lang at hindi politika ang bubusisiin sa usapin ng charter change
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00:00 The charter change in the Senate has been approved.
00:02 The support for the lawmakers has increased.
00:05 The country's economy is in a bad state.
00:07 Let's hope that this will be fulfilled.
00:10 Mela Lesmora in the center of the news.
00:13 We wish to assure the people
00:17 that when reviewing the economic provisions of the Constitution,
00:20 we will be circumspect.
00:24 We are guided by the knowledge that our sovereign is watching
00:28 and that the work we should do represents no interest
00:31 other than the people's interest.
00:33 This is the statement of Senate President Juan Miguel Subiris
00:37 to the public, now also speaking in the Senate,
00:40 about the progress for the charter change.
00:42 Yesterday, the SP Subiris personally issued
00:45 the Resolution of Both Houses No. 6
00:48 that pushes for amendments
00:50 to some economic provisions of the Constitution,
00:53 particularly on the parts that prohibit
00:55 100% foreign ownership of public utility,
00:58 educational institutions, and advertising agencies in the country
01:02 to add "unless otherwise provided by law"
01:06 in the name of the "different management of the Philippine economy."
01:10 This is to avert a constitutional crisis
01:13 between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
01:17 And to make it clear
01:21 that there are no other planned provisions
01:25 or amendments on any other thing
01:27 but purely economic in nature.
01:30 Subiris said that he himself,
01:32 President Ferdinand R. Marquez, Jr.,
01:34 is behind the issue,
01:35 along with several officials of the House of Representatives.
01:37 And here, the President ordered the Senate
01:40 to lead the study on the issue.
01:43 In an online post,
01:44 Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments Chair
01:47 Robin Hood Padilla
01:49 fully agreed with the statement of the Senate President,
01:52 especially since he has long been supporting the Chacha.
01:55 In a separate statement,
01:56 Senator Wynne Gatchalian clarified
01:58 that they will only discuss purely economic provisions
02:00 of the Constitution
02:03 and will not discuss political aspects.
02:06 In the Senate,
02:07 House Speaker Martin Romualdez
02:11 also expressed support for this new move by the Senate.
02:13 He said that the Senate's resolution
02:16 for the administration's amendment to the Constitution
02:21 is already in the middle of transformative economic growth
02:23 in the Philippines.
02:25 He said that he will not just watch,
02:26 but will also need the proposed amendments
02:30 to open up the economy
02:32 in the name of a more prosperous Philippines.
02:35 Last year,
02:36 the House of Representatives
02:38 passed its own RBH No. 6,
02:40 which is called the Constitutional Convention,
02:43 to improve the Constitution.
02:45 Now, in 2024,
02:47 the House of Representatives promised
02:48 that they will address the Chacha.
02:50 There is a signature campaign
02:52 in my district.
02:54 But I can assure you
02:56 that if someone signs there,
02:58 there will be no country.
03:00 You can go there in my district.
03:02 For House Ways and Means Committee Chair Joey Salceda,
03:05 there is no constitutional crisis
03:07 until now.
03:09 And the developments here today
03:11 are a big thing for the future of the country.
03:15 Meleles Moras for the "Bayan" (Citizen)