Congressional allies of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo have launched plenary debates tonight on the move to change the Constitution through what is known as a constituent assembly, or ConAss. Follow Bulatlat.com’s live coverage of the debates via Twitter or Facebook.
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Dead or Not?
Is it dead, or is it not? Considering the desperation of the Arroyo regime, the threat of Charter change will always be there for as long as the various resolutions filed in the House of Representatives are not withdrawn.BY Flon Faurillo/bulatlat.com
7 Out of 10 Filipinos Reject Economic Revisions to Charter
Majority of Filipinos do not favor amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, according to the latest nationwide survey conducted by research group IBON Foundation, Inc. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Majority of Filipinos do not favor amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, according to the latest nationwide survey…
Desperate
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Sneaking In
The Race to 2010
GMA’s Enforcers
Group Says Arroyo’s Cha-cha Spells Surrender of Nat’l Patrimony to US
BY Bulatlat.com August 29, 2008 – 2:15 p.m. DAVAO CITY – Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) staged a protest action in this city against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s proposed charter change. In a statement, Makpil Camacho, Bayan-Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) deputy secretary general, said, “The US is using the marionette Arroyo regime to amend the constitution…
As House Committee Sets to Vote on Cha-Cha, Groups Stage Protest
BY Bulatlat.com August 26 – 2:30 p.m. Members of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan-New Patriotic Alliance) and allied groups staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives, 10:30 a.m. today opposing moves to change the Constitution. The Committee on Constitutional Amendments of the House of Representatives will vote on the mode of changing…
Critics Tell GMA: Don’t Use BJE Issue to Push for Cha-Cha
Critics say that it is saddening that a landmark agreement, like the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), is now being used as a tool to revive Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s charter change drive. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA…
More than 60 Years After World War II: Filipina Comfort Women Demand Justice, Reject Arroyo’s Cha-cha
Sixty-three years after the Second World War ended, the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” are still fighting for justice despite their age. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 28, August 17-23, 2008 Sixty-three years after the Second World War ended, the Japanese Imperial Army’s “comfort women” are still fighting for justice despite their…