"UNCLEAR, UNSUBSTANTIAL"

ANO BA ANG MGA PROPOSE AMENDMENTS SA CONSTITUTION KUNG SAKALI. CHECK MO DITO. DUDUGO ANG ILONG, TAINGA, BIBIG AT SASAKIT ANG ULO MO, pati mga kasu-kasuan. PERO KELANGAN MALAMAN NATIN. KUNG AYAW MONG MAGBASA, ITO NA LANG ANG SINABI NG ISA SA MGA GUMAWA NG CONSTITUTION NA YAN AT EXPERT sa mga bagay na ito.

Si Father Joaquin Bernas - Dean Emeritus of Ateneo School of Law in Makati City, Philippines. He was a member of the 1986 Constitutional Commission which drafted the present Philippine Constitution.

"Unclear. There were three sponsors of the Resolution who did not seem to agree on what they were sponsoring. One sponsor essentially supported the view that the House could exclude the Senate from the amendatory process. Two others seemed to say that whatever the House approved would be passed on to the Senate for concurrence. When the Ayes out-shouted the Nays, what was approved? It was not clear. Perhaps clarity will come later."

"Unsubstantial. If the purpose was to make the House a constituent assembly, the action was unnecessary. The Constitution itself has made House and Senate constituent assemblies without more. Article XVII says “Any amendment to or revision of the Constitution may be proposed by Congress ...” A constituent assembly is nothing more than a body authorized to amend or propose amendments to the Constitution. Congress, that is, House and Senate, are already that. We are no longer living under the 1935 Constitution when, before Congress could act as a constituent assembly, by constitutional command it had to pass a joint resolution calling for a joint session."

- Making Sense of 1109, Philippine Daily Inquirer

Ang stand po ng Thoughtskoto is malinaw sa bagay na ito. Wag ngayon. Please naman. Maawa naman kayo sa bayan ko. Ang daming Pinoy na nagsipag-uwian kasi nawalan ng trabaho, ang daming Pinoy na naghihirap dahil sa epekto ng Economic Crisis, and ito tayo, ito ang mga kagalang-galangang halal ng bayan, walang iniisip kundi paano manatili sa pwesto? Maybe. Pero kung ano man ang kanilang motibo. Be transparent po.

At saka, pwede ba tumawag ng Constitutional Convention kung kelangan na talagang palitan ang Constitution?

Ang daming tanong, ang daming mga hinaing, minsan nakakawala ng pag-asa, minsan nakakawala ng tiwala. Pero patuloy ang buhay, from time to time we have to make a stand, we need to be counted. NO TO CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY!

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