Senate hearings on economic Cha-cha to start next weekMANILA, Philippines — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said that the Senate will begin deliberating its proposal to amend the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution next week amid heightened political tensions that seemed to have sprung from differing views on how to change the Charter. “Next week, hearings for RBH 6 will start. … We want to lower the political temperatures in this country,” Zubiri said. Zubiri filed last January 15 the RBH 6, which limits Charter amendments to relaxing the foreign ownership restrictions in public utilities, advertising and educational institutions. This resolution was seen as a move by the Senate to prevent attempts to insert political amendments, including controversial term extension limits that seek to lengthen officials’ hold on power.

Source: Philippine Star January 31, 2024 20:25 UTC