Con-ass is a con-ass is a con-ass
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Something is very strange about the sudden shift of the Liberal Party (LP) of which Noynoy and Sen. Franklin Drilon are part, to the constituent assembly (con-ass) from previously the holding of a constitutional convention (con-con) to effect amendments to the Constitution.
Con-ass is considered the speediest way to tinker with the Charter, that is, if its proponent can swing the vote in Congress, but would need persuading both the House and the Senate to form itself into a unicameral body to review the proposed amendments before presenting these to the people in a plebiscite.
Drilon, out of the blue during the Legislative Summit, which most legislators thought was a meeting to merely streamline pending bills, presented a position paper likely crafted by the LP suggesting a bicameral con-ass to study amendments to the Constitution in the same manner by which bills are legislated.
Thus far, the Drilon or LP formula has not been well-received, and rightly so, because such a formula is not part of the constitutionally prescribed mode..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111103com1.html
1 comment
the bicam con-ass mode suspiciously arose right after "President" A_Noy's trip to the great, vile Bald Eagle nation. itong Liberal Party of Cheats talaga, dapat ay ipalapa sa mga buwaya para mabawasan na ang kontra-pinoy na dilaw eh mapakain pa natin ang ating buwaya species. lol.
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