Constitutional reform through establishing a constitutional convention, instead of a constituent assembly, would be a “disservice” to the Filipino people, said chief presidential legal counsel Juan Ponce Enrile. | BPinlacINQ
Enrile, who said he was voicing his own views instead of that of the President, made known his stance on his preferred mode to amend or revise the 1987 Constitution during a meeting with the Senate panels on constitutional amendments and revision of codes, electoral reforms and people’s participation, and finance on Wednesday.“Let it be done by Congress itself, not as a legislative body but as a constituent assembly. There’s nothing esoteric or unusual in these amendments,” he said.
Enrile is seeking to relax economic restrictions and lift the ban on nuclear weapons in the country through constitutional changes.
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