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Article: House panel OKs plan for constituent assembly.
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- Manila Standard
- Article date:
- May 27, 2009
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Byline: Christine F. Herrera
A HOUSE committee yesterday approved for plenary debate a resolution seeking to convene Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the Constitution.
Voting 19-6, the House committee on constitutional amendments cleared Resolution 1109, drowning out the protesting minorities who were told by panel chairman Victor Ortega to take up their objections during the plenary debate.
Let all your objections be heard by the plenary, said Ortega, who represents La Union.
We are here to vote for a motion for reconsideration to let the plenary resolve the issue on whether or not Congress would be convened into a ...