SENATE President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri filed Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 or Resolution of Both Houses of Congress Proposing Amendments to Certain Economic Provisions of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, Particularly on Articles XII, XIV, and XVI before the Legislative Bills and Index Service, Monday, January 15, 2024.
Aside from Zubiri, the signatories to the resolution are Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda and Sen. Sonny Angara.
Saying that the People’s Initiative would be more divisive, Zubiri said the Executive and the Legislative branches of government agreed for the Senate to lead the review on the possible amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
In a statement, Zubiri assured Filipinos that the Senate would be more circumspect in reviewing the economic provisions of the Constitution. “While we respect and recognize the people as our sovereign, with the right to call for Constitutional change, we must guard against any attempt to revise the Constitution by exploiting our democratic process under the guise of a people’s initiative,” Zubiri said Monday, January 15, 2024. (Senate Social Media Unit)
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