At the committee level, the ConCon move is deemed ‘inaugurated’ with the final approval of all the provisions of the un-numbered House Concurrent Resolution and all the sections of the implementing House Bill on the last meeting of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chaired by Rep. Victor Ortega. But it is not as if [...]
Constitutional Convention – coming soon!
September 15, 2009 By 15 Comments
15 September 2009 ought to be the last day the Committee on Constitutional Amendments have to deliberate on that House Concurrent Resolution that calls for a Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to, or revision of, the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines and the accompanying House Bill that implements the same – both [...]
More districts, more congressmen
August 25, 2009 By 8 Comments
Fr. Bernas, in his column today (Inquirer August 24 issue) raised very interesting points on the subject of reapportionment of congressional districts by citing how the Court in 1961 ruled against Republic Act No. 3040 has having ‘infringed the Constitution and is therefore void’. According to Bernas, the Supreme Court has to approach apportionment based [...]
A New Constitution – believe it or not
August 21, 2009 By 23 Comments
There is need to do a careful study of the Comparative Matrix of Constitutional Convention Measures prepared by the Committee on Constitutional Amendments of the House of Representatives. It must have been faithfully as it is dutifully done by the concerned Technical Working Group so created and tasked to do this job. This mutely historical [...]
ConAss or ConCon – anyone?
August 12, 2009 By 5 Comments
HR 1109 goes to the archives?
August 6, 2009 By 15 Comments
A different wind somehow blew across the sea of privilege speeches that attended this week’s plenary session of the House of Representatives. A voice is heard to have made the appeal to have the controversial HR 1109 be now archived as a kind of tribute to the passing of the icon of democracy – former [...]
“House of the People”
August 4, 2009 By 5 Comments
To call a spade a spade, the House of Representatives has become the model of excellence in at least 5-key reform area that has been skillfully conceived by its agency head – Speaker Rep. Prospero C. Nograles, also the primus inter pares amongst the 238 strong House Membership. In passing, these reform agenda were anchored [...]
The 9th or nth of Sona?
July 29, 2009 By 2 Comments
“Kung meron man tayong malaking kaaway na tinalo, walang iba kundi conjured the demon of the foreign debt. We exorcised it.” – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo In her 9th Sona One can indeed tabulate or put in a matrix the more empirical data presented in PGMA’s 9th or nth Sona. Or, let us run them [...]
The 9th Sona or nth of PGMA
July 28, 2009 By 14 Comments
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