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Published January 7, 2021, 3:12 PM With just over a year left in the six-year term of President Duterte to pursue his Charter change bid, an ally in the House of Representatives said the renewed initiative for amendments to the 1987 Constitution will not likely succeed under a COVID-19 situation that continues to grip the country. Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor said that it is still “not the right time” for Charter reform that is being strongly pushed by staunch Duterte allies Senators Ronaldo de la Rosa and Francis ...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Alfredo Garbin who was elected Wednesday to head the committee said he expects a busy year as the panel will have its hands full conducting hearings and deliberation on 13 pending Charter change proposals.
 Garbin gave up his membership in the House of Representative Electoral Tribunal to become chairman of the committee. He replaced as chairman Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, now a deputy speaker. 
 “Restrictive economic provisions are what we are eyeing (to take up) due to the fact that the same no longer conform to the nee...

How to hold a grand national dialogue Opinion The writer is an analyst and commentator. A grand national dialogue is an urgent imperative because the institutional arrangements designed to serve the people of Pakistan have now become so heavily burdened with the animus of individual and group interests that they are no longer working. Parliament’s functioning is compromised, to say the least. The judiciary’s hard-won independence and stature has been undermined by scandal and recriminations. The executive can tweet, but it struggles to get things done. The bureaucracy (as an institution...