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MANILA, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. insisted that his administration only supports an economic charter change, amid fears that efforts to amend or revise the Constitution are meant to eventually touch on political provisions. Marcos Jr.’s father – the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. – successfully changed the Constitution during his time as president, which, as per the Martial Law Museum, beyond the two four-year terms stated in the 1935 Constitution. He ran the country from 1965 to 1986, stepping down only after being ousted by the EDSA People Power Revolution.
“Anchored on these restrictive provisions, there are laws that prohibit certain kinds of foreign investments, and thus limit our economic potential and our global competitiveness,” he said.
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