The Consultative Committee (Con-com) reviewing the 1987 Constitution is confident that public perception on the bid to shift to a federal form of government will change. The Con-com made the remark in a statement issued on Wednesday in response to the latest Pulse Asia survey that showed 64% of Filipinos were not in favor of Charter change. Once we are done and the proposed revisions are presented to the public, we are confident that the public perception will change,” the Con-com said in a statement. The poll showed that 32% were open to Charter change in the future, 32% were opposed to any amendments, 23% were in support of amending the Charter while 13% were undecided. The Con-com, however, said it was unlikely that the public would readily approve of Charter change since most of them have shown “limited knowledge” of the Constitution.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 02, 2018 05:26 UTC