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Primer on draft Con-Com Charter: Part Nine

Member, Con-Com 2018 (9th of a series) Q: What is the “Democracy Fund”? A:  It is one more device tapped by the draft Constitution to strengthen the...

Federal shift to weaken democracy, Davide warns

A number of amendments to the Constitution to shift to a federal form of government may weaken democracy, former chief justice Hilario Davide said...

Most Filipinos oppose Charter change–poll

About two in every three Filipinos are against amending the Constitution at this time or shifting to a federal form of government, the latest...

Opinion by affiliation

Just 18 percent of Filipinos are in favor of changing the Constitution and 28 percent agree with proposals to change the system of government,...

A counterproductive vice

One of the more sensible and universally acceptable changes in the proposed new Constitution is the election of the president and vice president as...

ConCom firms up ’testy’ part of federal plan

The Consultative Committee tasked by President Rodrigo Duterte to draft a federal Constitution has finalized the most difficult part of the draft: the distribution...

Tax all Church properties

When the Church-dominated Constitutional Commission opted to exempt religious organizations from the payment of taxes, the framers completely ignored that in exchange for...

Con-Com asserts claims on WPS, Sabah

THE first article in the Constitution that the Consultative Committee or Con-Com will propose firms up the Philippines’ stance on the West Philippine Sea...

Con-Con is it, 3 legal eagles say

MOST Filipinos and legal luminaries, including three former Supreme Court chief justices, believe the best way to amend or revise the Constitution is through...

Legislature to give Xi free rein

BEIJING"•When President Xi Jinping attends the National People’s Congress, he will swear an oath to uphold China’s constitution. But first, he will remake it...

Senate, House leaders thresh out chacha row

Leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives met last night to thresh out the differences between the two chambers on the issue...

House leaders to talk with senators on chacha mode

Leaders of the House of Representatives are willing to talk with the senators to determine how Congress will amend the 1987 Constitution. House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez says,...

1987 charter framers give different views on chacha

Framers of the 1987 Constitution gave different positions on the proposal to amend the charter. This was during the hearing today of the Senate Committee on...

Puno: 1987 charter was done in haste

Former Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Reynato Puno believes it is time to overhaul the 1987 Constitution. He expressed his opinion at the hearing today of the Senate...
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