MANILA, Philippines — Opposition lawmakers scored the latest attempt to tinker with the Constitution as just another bid to lift term limits and urged the Duterte administration to quarantine the charter change (cha-cha) proposal of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP). “What we need now is food and [work] for those who lost their jobs, not this dance of Cha-cha,” Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Sunday. The LMP was referring to the SC’s ruling on Mandanas et al v. Ochoa et al (GR No. “The interpretation of the Constitution by the Supreme Court cannot be repealed or revised by Congress,” Drilon said. Filipinos draw the line when it comes to fighting against foreign oppressors like China and the United States,” Colmenares said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 19, 2020 20:37 UTC