HOUSE Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez wants the two houses of Congress convened as a Constituent Assembly in January to finally switch to a federal system of government. Overhauling the 1987 Constitution will be the priority of Congress next year, the Davao del Norte representative said in a radio interview. “I would like to propose to Senate President [Aquilino Pimentel 3rd] for us to convene this coming January as a Constituent Assembly and we will form a technical working group, which we will call a Constitutional Commission, so we can help each other in writing the draft of the revised constitution,” Alvarez told radio station dzMM. But we have to agree at this time about the model we will push,” the Senate president said in a text message. Alvarez for ‘revgov’Alvarez also backed calls by Duterte supporters to form a “revolutionary government” if opponents successfully block the President’s agenda.

Source: Manila Times December 01, 2017 17:03 UTC