Courtesy: hrep
WITH the Senate apparently veering away from its promised March approval of Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6, House Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd District Rep. Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe on Tuesday dared senators to state their position on economic constitutional amendments once and for all.
Dalipe made this public challenge during a press conference at the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon.
“This is my challenge now to all senators: Why don’t you, 24, come out in the open? Sino ba ‘yung pabor to amend the Constitution, to update the 37-year-old Constitution? Sino yung mga kontra?” he said.
“Para by 2025–this is my challenge to the senators. Come out in the open, wag po tayong magtago,” Dalipe urged the senators.
“Sabihin natin sa buong Pilipinas, sino yung mga senador pabor to amend, to update the 37-year-old Constitution. At sino mga kontra. And the people of the Philippines will decide whom to put in the Senate,” he said.
Dalipe and the rest of the House has been looking forward to the Senate’s passage of RBH No.6, which according to Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri would be approved by March. But that was last January 15, when the Cha-cha measure was filed by Senate leader.
Now, the Senate’s apparent new timeline is to pass the measure by October 2024. This is way too late in the eyes of Dalipe and the rest of the House, which have been aggressively pushing for revisions to the economic provisions of the Constitution.
“I strongly urge the senators to come out in the open. Sino ‘yung mga kontra to amend the 37-year-old Constitution…State your position. Sino ‘yung mga pabor to amend the economic provisions, come out in the open and state your position,” the Majority Leader said.
“Let’s come out, let us not hide, you know, in veils and saying all these words na lumalabas parang nag-aaway. Open cards tayo sa taumbayan…let’s put our proposals transparent to the Filipino people,” he said.
“Para mas klaro, mas maliwanag, sa ating mga taumbayan sino ‘yung pabor to amend the economic provisions, sino ‘yung kontra,” Dalipe added.
