“Our senators need to give this latest constitutional reform initiative a chance […] if only out of consideration for the passage in quick succession by the House of Representatives of the resolution establishing a Con-Con to propose economic amendments to the 1987 Charter and the accompanying bill on its operational details,” he added.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said it is not wrong if the House does its job quickly. He also claimed that their quick action on Charter change was due to their concern on the country’s welfare and not because of politics.Villafuerte, for his part, suggested that the Senate committee on constitutional amendments can tackle Charter change proposals to really see if senators are “lukewarm” on the bills.