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The House of Representatives should just leave the question of Charter reform (Cha-cha) to the next Congress, according to Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez.

After the chamber forwarded Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 to its committee on constitutional modifications, which Rodriguez previously chaired, Rodriguez filed the appeal.

“Obviously, we don’t have any more time to deal with the resolution and other Cha-cha initiatives before we adjourn for the election campaign in two weeks, on February 5,” says the speaker. So let’s leave Cha-cha to the next Congress to decide,” Rodriguez remarked.

He believes the next 19th Congress should decide what to do with Cha-cha during the first year of its three-year mandate.

“If we decide to pursue it, it takes precedence over Covid-19 pandemic response efforts.” If not, we’ll put it on hold and concentrate on legislation. “This way, we won’t waste time or money from the taxpayers,” Rodriguez explained.

He went on to say that the future president should tell his congressional friends what he wants them to do with Cha-cha early in his six-year tenure and that the topic will not move forward without direct or indirect agreement.

“To avoid such mistrust and to ensure that Cha-cha succeeds, it should be done in the first year of the next Congress and the first year of the next President’s six-year tenure,” he added.

The newest Cha-cha proposal in the House is RBH No. 7, filed by Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr.

In the resolution, Gonzales advocated that the President’s tenure be reduced to five years with one reelection, rather than the current six years without reelection.

Only RBH No. 2, drafted mostly by Speaker Lord Allan Velasco, has been adopted by the chamber of constitutional amendments made in the House.

On June 1, 2021, it passed third and final reading and was submitted to the Senate the next day, where it is still waiting.

Velasco advocated economic Cha-cha by amending the Constitution to include the words “unless otherwise authorized by law” in several economic clauses.

“With the cooperation of the Senate, we could have succeeded with the Speaker’s initiative,” Rodriguez added.

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