Bordado aired his view on the on-going Charter change proceedings in the Lower House even as proponents revealed that the chamber will vote on Resolution of Both Houses No. 2 on or before regular sessions adjourn on March 24.
While the Lower House is pursuing passage of RBH No. 2 by observing the same process as passing an ordinary law, the Senate is not, Bordado noted. Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Alfredo Garbin, chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Reform, insisted that the House leadership is observing the process of Charter revision that is in the Constitution.Authored by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, RBH 2 was sponsored on the House floor last week and is now set for plenary debate.
Bordado said that while the House proposals centered on specific economic provisions, the Senate version is “explicit in incouding democratic representation s among those to be amended.”
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