Pulong ng Committee of the Whole ng Kamara para talakayin ang Cha-Cha, nagsimula na
Pulong ng Committee of the Whole ng Kamara para talakayin ang Cha-Cha, nagsimula na
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00:00 The House Committee of the Whole started the discussion on the resolution of both houses
00:08 where the provisions targeted in the Constitution were laid out.
00:14 This is what Louisa Erispe wrote.
00:16 This is our only peace, economy, not politics.
00:23 This is what House Speaker Martin Romualdez said, which includes the resolution of both houses number 7 or RBH 7
00:30 which targets the amendment of the economic provision in the Constitution.
00:34 Romualdez said this when the Committee of the Whole of the House started today.
00:39 According to the law, the content of the RBH 7 is only one in the RBH 6 of the Senate.
00:45 This includes foreign ownership, public utilities, basic education, and advertising industry.
00:51 Our mission now is clear to all of us.
00:54 Some economic provisions that prohibit the entry of business from other countries.
01:01 Businesses that will harm our work and will damage our economy.
01:07 The congressmen were not complete today.
01:10 Only 207 came.
01:12 But it's not complete and the discussion on RBH 7 is not yet starting.
01:18 There was already a heated discussion among some congressmen, including the rules and procedure.
01:25 I'm just asking about the procedure.
01:27 There is an objection.
01:29 I'm just asking.
01:30 As if, Mr. Speaker, the amendment to the Constitution is like we're just doing a simple bill.
01:37 She is simply asking for a clarification on certain procedure matters.
01:45 This was also a big question at the beginning.
01:48 Is it already included as a Constitutional Assembly what they are doing as deliberation?
01:52 You can say that we are a Constituent Assembly or a legislative body.
01:58 But in either case, we are acting on the basis of our constituent power.
02:05 This Committee of the Whole can never be considered as a Constituent Assembly.
02:12 A Constituent Assembly is an assembly of senators and representatives supposed to propose amendments to the Constitution.
02:26 The hearing was suspended twice before the discussion continued and the resource speakers were called.
02:33 Among those who came, the resource speaker was not in agreement with the economic chatter.
02:39 The discussion did not end immediately, but it was expected that this would not be the last hearing of the Committee of the Whole for the RBH-7.
02:47 Because it was expected that, like the rules of the Committee hearing, it would go through the first, second, and third reading and vote on the plenary.
02:56 Deputy Speaker David Suarez said that even if they don't have a timeline, they have already targeted to end this year so that the economic chatter of the Committee of the Whole will not be accompanied by the plenary of the National and Local Elections in 2025.
03:09 Suarez clarified that the Senate is still leading even though there is already the RBH-7.
03:14 They just acted on the order of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
03:19 Indeed, the Senate is taking the lead and now the House is following suit.
03:25 It is also important for the House to do their counterpart measure because it is not possible that the Senate's output will be easily adapted by Congress.
03:40 He mentioned that, first of all, the Constitution was not made for a globalized world.
03:46 Number two, he mentioned again that we need economic amendments in the Constitution.
03:53 Does he even have to tell us when to do this?
03:57 I mean the mere fact that the President has mentioned it twice, it's enough signal for Congress and the Senate to start doing their work.
04:06 Meanwhile, Congress will not let the other bills that are already in the House of Representatives.
04:11 In fact, this week, the Committee on Labor and Employment is expecting to discuss the Legislative Wage Increase in the House of Representatives.
04:19 The congressman said that there is no pressure even though the Senate already has a 100 pesos proposed wage hike.
04:26 The wage is more remote because there is supply and demand, there is economy, there is inflation.
04:35 That's why we need to study and listen carefully to all the aspects that will affect the wage increase.
04:43 House Majority Leader Manix Dalipe said earlier that the 100 pesos daily wage hike bill of the Senate is too small.
04:50 The target of the House of Representatives is 150 to 350 pesos increase in the daily income of the workers.
04:58 Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.