Pagtalakay sa Cha-Cha sa Senado isinantabi muna

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Hindi na interesado ang mga senador na talakayin pa ang panukalang pag-amyenda sa economic provisions ng Konstitusyon dahil patuloy pa rin daw ang isinusulong na people's initiative.  Ang detalye sa ulat ni Daniza Fernandez.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 The People's Initiative was first trashed before the first economic amendment to the Constitution was passed.

00:06 This was the call of Senators Winget Schillian and Bato de la Rosa

00:10 in the middle of the continuous gathering of signatures of voters

00:13 to push for the joint voting of members of the Senate and House of Representatives

00:17 to convene the Constituent Assembly to change the 1987 Constitution.

00:22 The Senators were dismayed by the People's Initiative

00:26 because it was intended to remove the vote of Senators.

00:30 Senator Sonny Angara also confirmed that he should be the one to lead the subcommittee

00:34 discussing the changes to the economic provisions

00:37 that temporarily put aside the resolution of both House No. 6

00:41 because of the continuous gathering of signatures.

00:44 Yesterday, the manifesto passed the 24 Senators against this signature drive

00:49 that they also informed the staff of the Congressmen who are running it.

00:54 The People's Initiative is really not good for our country because it was removed.

01:02 That's what I'm concerned about.

01:04 If the lower ranks and the Senate are in conflict, we will have a political crisis.

01:10 The MPs will continue.

01:12 The members of the Senate are disinterested in continuing the joint resolution.

01:22 There is no good talk.

01:27 We will continue with the premise that they will stop the P.I. that they are doing.

01:35 Albay Representative Joey Celceda said that 12% of voters in the country have signed.

01:41 It's time for the public to hear the opinion.

01:45 We should listen to the people, not to the 24 people.

01:48 It's easy to name-call, right?

01:53 But the 12.1% of the population that signed on,

02:00 I think it's too low to look at those people.

02:06 You can't just get them to sign.

02:08 The group behind the signature campaign, the Senate's resolution to the People's Initiative,

02:12 was not happy with the signature.

02:15 It's sad.

02:16 The People's Initiative is a direct participation of the people

02:21 to stop the Senate from doing what is the People's Will.

02:27 The Senators are defensive.

02:28 They received complaints that the voters signed because they said it was for aid.

02:34 This is not the People's Initiative anymore.

02:36 This is the PESO Initiative.

02:38 We are worried.

02:40 That's why we reacted.

02:42 We reacted, we made steps so we wouldn't be dissolved,

02:47 we wouldn't be punished, we wouldn't be castrated.

02:50 In addition, it's good that President Bongbong Marcos spoke

02:54 because he was there when the Senate and the House of Representatives agreed

02:58 that the Senate would pass an economic amendment to the Constitution

03:02 and the House of Representatives would adopt it.

03:04 Meanwhile, Senator Ayme Marcos signed a resolution

03:08 to investigate the Senate's decision to the People's Initiative.

03:13 Deniza Fernandez, CNN Philippines.

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