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MANILA – The House of Representatives is ready to resume its hearings to address the proposed statute change, Ako Bicol party representative Alfredo Garbin said Wednesday.
Garbin, who chairs the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, said House leaders met during the day to discuss resuming the hearings.
“The Spokesman’s directive is to address the proposed amendments to restrictive economic provisions,” Garbin said, referring to Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, who, on July 18, 2019, introduced BOTH Resolution No. 2 proposing amendments to certain provisions. of the 1987 Constitution.
“We will have a hearing next week, Wednesday,” Garbin added.
The measure seeks to modify articles II, XIV and XVI, which are provisions of the Constitution that prevent foreign ownership of land and businesses in the country.
The proposed relaxation of restrictions on ownership and management of the media, public services, educational institutions, investments and capital for foreign investors is also sought.
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Garbin denied that matters unrelated to Velasco’s resolution are being addressed.
Senators Francis Tolentino and Ronald Dela Rosa presented a resolution in December for both houses of Congress to meet as a Constituent Assembly to discuss limited amendments to the Constitution, specifically on provisions on democratic representation and the economy.
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The president of the Senate, Vicente Sotto III, said that the resolution needs a majority of votes to be approved and convened.
“But it takes three-quarters of the votes to pass the Consti amendments,” he said.
“It’s like taking a big step into a mousetrap, or even quicksand,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said, noting the lack of “certainty that both houses of Congress will vote separately, which is not due to vagueness. of that particular provision in the 1987 Constitution, and only the Supreme Court can make such an interpretation. “
Lacson said all members of the Senate “should discuss this matter very carefully before we even consider plenary debates on such a resolution.”
As for opposition senator Franklin Drilon, the proposal “will not fly in the Senate.”
– with reports from Zandro Ochona and Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
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