Lawmaker says Aquino allies in ‘mad rush’ to auction RP’s nat’l patrimony to foreigners By Charlie V. Manalo 10/07/2011

Lawmaker says Aquino allies in ‘mad rush’ to auction RP’s nat’l patrimony to foreigners

By Charlie V. Manalo 10/07/2011

The House of Representatives’ committee on constitutional amendments has set a hearing on Tuesday to amend the 1987 Constitution which militant solon Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano described as “a mad rush for the global auction of the country’s patrimony” to foreign investors.

Mariano said the scheduled hearing on Tuesday “revealed President Aquino’s posturing about Charter change (Cha-cha).”

“Why schedule the debates when the Filipino people are still mired in floods and Congress is about to adjourn by next week? This clearly shows that the administration is in a mad rush to auction off our national patrimony,” said Mariano, who also chairs the the militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP)..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20111007met2.html