Liderato ng Senado duda kung uusad ang Chacha
Duda ang ilang mga Senador kung uusad ang Charter Change sa Senado.
Ayon kay Senate President Vicente Sotto III, kailangan aniya ng mayorya na 24 na Senador ang pumabor bago maaprubahan ang resolusyon samantalang 3/4 votes naman ang requirements para maamyendahan ang anumang Constitutional Amendments.
SP Tito Sotto:
“Touch and go! I really can’t tell. We need majority vote to approve the reso and convene but you need 3/4ths vote to approve Consti amendments”.
Pero wala pa aniyang Consensus ang Senado hinggil dito.
Samantala, nais naman ni Senador Panfilo Lacson na ipalinaw muna sa Korte Suprema ang isyu ng pagboto ng Kamara at Senado sakaling mag-convene ang dalawang Kapulungan bago magsagawa ng anumang amyenda.
Senador Ping Lacson:
“Without the certainty that both chambers of Congress will be voting separately, and there is none due to the vagueness of that particular provision in the 1987 Constitution – and only the Supreme Court can make such interpretation – it’s like taking one big step into a mousetrap, or even quicksand for that matter. Having said that, I think all of us 24 senators should discuss this matter very carefully before we even consider plenary debates on the said resolution if indeed there is one filed“.
Meanne Corvera
