Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa expressed perception Friday that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has no secret order for Congress to amend the 1987 Constitution.
“Tingnan natin ‘yung personalidad ng ating Pangulo. Hindi naman duplicitous ‘yung kanyang personalidad. ‘Pag sinabi niyang hindi niya priority, maniwala tayo na hindi niya priority,” Dela Rosa mentioned in an interview on Dobol B TV.
The lawmaker made the comment when requested about Albay Representative Edcel Lagman’s assertion saying the President “must have given his covert assert to Cha-cha even as he appears to be distancing himself from it.”
“There must be an overwhelming furtive reason why the Cha-cha caravan is rolling fast in the House of Representatives despite President Marcos’ avowal that Charter change is not in his priority agenda,” Lagman mentioned.
“It is not that members of the supermajority coalition have finally learned to be independent of the Executive. Perhaps, it is because the President must have given his covert assent to Cha-cha even as he appears to be distancing himself from it,” he added.
Earlier, Marcos mentioned Charter change just isn’t a precedence of his administration.
Despite the President’s assertion, House constitutional amendments panel on Monday accredited an unnumbered Resolution of Both Houses calling for a constitutional conference (con-con) for amending the 1987 Constitution.
In the Upper Chamber, administration ally Senator Robin Padilla remains to be pushing for the modification of the financial provisions of the Charter.
Padilla, who chairs the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes, argued that amending the Constitution just isn’t depending on the endorsement of the sitting president.
But Dela Rosa mentioned introducing amendments is “wishful thinking” particularly now that Malacañang is “lukewarm” in the direction of Cha-cha.
“Last Congress nga ay isa ‘yan sa kagustuhan ng [dating] Pangulong [Rodrigo] Duterte na ma-amend ang Constitution, nagpakita siya ng support but then again nothing happened,” he mentioned.
“How much more ngayon na ang Malacañang ay lukewarm towards Cha-cha. Mahirap maka-gain ng traction,” he added.
On Thursday, Dela Rosa mentioned he’s nonetheless undecided if he’ll absolutely help the transfer to amend the Constitution in Congress as a consequence of lack of help from different senators.
Should transfer to amend the Charter prosper, the senator mentioned he needs to abolish the party-list system as he believes that it’s abused by some politicians.
Dela Rosa is a member of the Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes.—AOL, GMA Integrated News
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