Sen. Padilla, naghain ng resolusyon para sa hiwalay na botohan ng dalawang kapulungan ng Kongreso sa Cha-Cha

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00:00 The Senate started discussing yesterday the amendment to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

00:07 Senator Robin Padilla is now in the process of drafting a resolution to resolve the debate of the lawmakers on the right to vote here.

00:16 Daniel Manalastas is in the center of the news.

00:22 Senator Robin Hood Padilla is now in the process of drafting a resolution to resolve the debate of the lawmakers on the right to vote here.

00:32 Padilla's resolution is a new resolution of both houses number 7, which is a far-reaching amendment to section 1 of article 17

00:41 to allow the Senate and House of Representatives to vote separately when the Constitution is amended.

00:47 so that the confusion of this provision can be resolved.

00:52 Through that, the President approved a resolution that I drafted.

00:59 Yesterday, the Senate started discussing the amendment to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

01:06 Legal luminaries came and retired Supreme Court Justice Vicente Mendoza noticed something.

01:12 In my view, they require Congress as a constituent assembly either to propose amendments to the Constitution,

01:25 not Congress as a legislative body, or to call a constitutional convention.

01:33 Now, according to Mendoza, when it comes to voting,

01:36 except that when it comes to the time for voting,

01:43 they vote separately for the obvious reason that the members of the Senate are smaller than the members of the House.

01:54 According to former finance secretary Gary Tevez,

01:57 the removal of restrictive economic provisions is more desirable for foreign investors.

02:03 Although there are liberalization laws that were passed by the administration,

02:08 it seems that it is not enough.

02:10 The Philippines still lags behind its ASEAN peers in foreign direct investments.

02:16 Data as of 2022 indicate that Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand

02:24 have surpassed the Philippines in attracting foreign direct investments.

02:28 Daniel Mralastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.