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Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla wants the Senate-ratified Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) to benefit Filipino farmers. Padilla, however, maintained that amending the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution should be the key to achieving this. He said th

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, Senators Grace Poe and Nancy Binay opposed a resolution of Senator Robinhood C. Padilla calling for a constituent assembly (Con Ass) to amend the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution. Binay thinks that amending restrictive ec

Senator Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has taken the first major step towards amending the restrictive economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution so the economy could better respond to the needs of the times. In Resolution of Both Houses No. 3, Padilla proposed the changes to the Charter via const

Demonstrators hold signs reading “Putin is bombing Ukraine” and “Stop Putin Now” during a protest against Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, in Barcelona on February 26, 2022. (AFP) Over 160 academics, researchers, and professionals across the nation condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that

House Deputy Speaker Bernadette Herrera (Facebook) “If economic Charter reforms won’t push through this time, there’s no guarantee it will happen in the future,” the Bagong Henerasyon lawmaker said “This is the moment we have all been waiting for. It’s time to amend the restrictive economic constitutional provisions that have held back the country’s development for more than three decades,’’ she added. Herrera made the statement as she rallied support for Speaker Lord Allan Ve...

A resolution seeking amendments to ‘’restrictive’’ economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution may be a Trojan horse that will open the floodgates to more revisions, including extension of terms.

The Department of Justice on Wednesday said it prefers the Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) mode of amending the ‘’restrictive’’ economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

(MANILA BULLETIN) Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya, executive director of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Constitutional Amendments, stressed this in today’s first public hearing by the Senate constitutional amendments committee chaired by Senator Francis Pangilinan on proposals to amend the ‘’restrictive’’ economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution and other provisions. ‘’The lifting of the restrictive economic provisions would allow us to have an adaptable economic policy regime ...

Timing is an important factor in any move to amend the 1987 Constitution, preferably at the start of the one-time, six-year tenure of any Philippine president.