JPE, Miriam clash on bicam Cha-cha
By Angie M. Rosales and Gerry Baldo 10/12/2011Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago are once again engaged in a clash, this time on the matter of the feasibility of amending the Constitution through a mode being proposed by Sen. Franklin Drilon labeled by him as a “bicameral constituent assembly.”
Enrile issued a challenge to Santiago, telling reporters in an interview yesterday to put to test his position on Charter change (Cha-cha) before the Supreme Court.
“I’m not as bright as she is, but I can assure you that she can take it up. She can go to the SC and I think she will lose,” the upper chamber chief said.
Santiago, chairman of the committee on constitutional amendments,bopenly expressed her strong dissent on the manner constitutional changes has been recommended by her colleagues to be taken up during a bicameral session, where only the economic provisions would be amended, and done through the same process as legislating a bill in Congress..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111012hed1.html
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mga tantads na traydor ang nagtutulak ng cha.cha sa ganitong paraan, not to mention that they're pushing for the sellout of our patrimony
"“I believe it is unconstitutional. What they are proposing is that the constitutional amendments should be passed as if it is an ordinary bill, that is to say. it should be passed in the House, then passed in the Senate, and then there should be a conference committee.
"“I am aghast at that proposal because to say that a constitutional amendment should be passed the same way as an ordinary bill is an oxymoron."
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