AMENDMENTS OF CONSTITUTION BY LEGISLATION ILLEGAL
‘Mongrel’ con-ass not in Charter, says Lagman
By Charlie V. Manalo
10/02/2011
The proposed “mongrel” constituent assembly (con-ass) to seek amendments to the 1987 Constitution that was proposed during the Legislative Summit last Thursday is not provided under the Charter and its forming would run contrary to the basic law of the land, according to a senior member of the House of Representatives.
In a statement, House Minority Leader Edcel Lagman said the proposal to convene a con-ass and adopt amendments to the Constitution using the same procedure in crafting laws as proposed by Sen. Franklin Drilon would be unconstitutional.
He warned members of both House and Senate against adopting a variation of the con-ass, saying it would run contrary to the very charter Congress seeks to amend.
“Representatives and senators must not be precipitate in adopting a variation of the constituent assembly to propose amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution which innovation may be a mongrel bereft of pedigree under the fundamental law,” said Lagman as he stressed that “the constitutionality of the proposed variation must be assured even as the necessity of the proposed amendments needed to be ascertained in the absence of a justifiable clamor from foreign investors to liberalize the nationalistic economic provisions which protect Filipino citizens and safeguard the national patrimony.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111002hed1.html
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kahit hindi ko gusto itong lagman na ito dahil bataan at nakinabang kay dorobo arrobo ay may wisyo dito sa puntong econ.cha-cha via bicam con.ass
"“The unequivocal phraseology and intent of the framers of the Constitution requiring a vote of three-fourths of all the Members of Congress voting as a whole as component members of the constitutional assembly cannot be altered except by a constitutional amendment,” he stressed.
"“This provision is not subject to Congressional variation or innovation. What the Constitution clearly provides, no one must be allowed to alter.”"
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