- Press Statements
The brouhaha on charter change has pushed the Senate and the House of Representatives into a confrontation which is divisive and disruptive.
The brouhaha on charter change has pushed the Senate and the House of Representatives into a confrontation which is divisive and disruptive.
The Liberal Party of the Philippines has been a beacon of democratic liberalism, an unwavering advocate of social justice, and a steadfast champion of good governance for almost eight decades as it celebrates its 78th founding anniversary today.
Appropriations Chairman Elizaldy Co engages in personal attacks instead of squarely confronting the constitutional issues on the questionable congressional allocation of an excess of P449,450,510,000 in unprogrammed appropriations over the President’s proposal of only P281,908.056,000.
Rep. Edcel C. Lagman made good his commitment to challenge before the Supreme Court the constitutionality of the excess of P449,540,510,000 allocation in the unprogrammed appropriations clandestinely embedded in the 2024 General Appropriations Act (GAA) or RA No. 11975.
The “war” against the 1987 Constitution has been launched from two fronts – one from the House of Representatives through people’s initiative by specifically making the voting procedure in the Constituent Assembly as joint voting collectively by Representatives and Senators, and not separately by the two Chambers; and the second is from the Senate through amendments by a Constituent Assembly with the House and Senate voting separately.