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With less than a year before the 2010 national elections, the House committee on Constitutional Amendments adopted the draft resolution calling for a constitutional convention (con-con) that would amend the 1987 Constitution, lawmakers said Wednesday.  read more »

 

Maging sa mismong Kamara ay matatag din ang paninindigan ng mga kontra rito at kahit umano magpalit pa ito ng pangalan, mapa-ConAss man o mapa-ConCon, ay hindi pa rin ito kakagatin ng tao.

Ang tinutukoy ni Gab riela partylist Rep. Liza Maza ay ang pagpihit ng mga kasamang mambabatas sa Kamara na idaan sa Constitutional Convention (ConCon) sa halip na ituloy ang naunang pina borang paraan na Consti tuent Assembly (ConAss).

 

Gabriela partylist Representative Liza Maza said HR 1109 remained as mere “expression of the House” and that there was no controversy yet as long as there was no move to convene. “Lozano should be told not to resort to legal adventurism on this very important issue,” Maza said.  read more »

Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo Plaza, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza tried to question the haste by which the House has calendared and brought before the House in plenary the controversial resolution.  read more »

Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza asked one of the sponsors, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., if it was possible under the resolution to postpone the 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – The Charter change (Cha-cha) initiative in the House of Representatives sprang back to life on the same day it was left for dead yesterday.  read more »

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza said the committee heard resource persons during the previous hearing but lawmakers did not actually discuss the resolution. "This committee has not discussed this resolution and therefore we should not act," she said.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – Left-wing lawmakers raised fears anew that a resolution seeking to amend economic provisions in the Constitution was a ploy to convene a constitutional convention, postpone the 2010 elections, and extend the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other incumbent officials.  read more »