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tvtoruoay ttnncH 25,2019
House all-out
for federalism, says GMA
ally
THE House leadership under Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Sunday maintained itd support to the federalism initiative of President Rodrigo Duterte.
"The House
of
Representativ€s
fully supports President Duterte's crusade to set out federalism in the coun-
try thrirugh constitutional processes," House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and l-Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta. .He reacted to the threat of war is-
sued
by Moro National
Liberation
Front founding Chairman Nur Misu-
ari
should federalism would not push. through. He said that the House of Representatives last December voted 224 against 22 and with three abstentions, approving on third and final reading Resolution ofBoth Houses 15 amending the 1987 Constitution to effect Duterte's proposed shift to a federal form of government. "We have done our part under ttre leadership of Speaker Gloria Arroyo to deliver the draft new Charter to the Senate last year. We shall pursue this process given the people's mandate, expressed in the last elections, for Charter change," he said. Arroyo earlier said the administration's proposed federal Charter was a priority legislation. She, however, said federalism may not materialize und€r her Speakership.
Rio Araja
" pAGe - A,g"
tvtoruoay ttnncH 25,2019
House all-out
for federalism, says GMA
ally
THE House leadership under Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Sunday maintained itd support to the federalism initiative of President Rodrigo Duterte.
"The House
of
Representativ€s
fully supports President Duterte's crusade to set out federalism in the coun-
try thrirugh constitutional processes," House Senior Deputy Majority Leader and l-Sagip Rep. Rodante Marcoleta. .He reacted to the threat of war is-
sued
by Moro National
Liberation
Front founding Chairman Nur Misu-
ari
should federalism would not push. through. He said that the House of Representatives last December voted 224 against 22 and with three abstentions, approving on third and final reading Resolution ofBoth Houses 15 amending the 1987 Constitution to effect Duterte's proposed shift to a federal form of government. "We have done our part under ttre leadership of Speaker Gloria Arroyo to deliver the draft new Charter to the Senate last year. We shall pursue this process given the people's mandate, expressed in the last elections, for Charter change," he said. Arroyo earlier said the administration's proposed federal Charter was a priority legislation. She, however, said federalism may not materialize und€r her Speakership.
Rio Araja
" pAGe - A,g"
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