By Ade S. Fajardo The Constitution may be amended through a proposal made directly by the people in accordance with Article 17, Section 2. If the proponents of charter change want to change only one provision by clarifying that the deciding vote in a constituent assembly is three-fourths of all the members of Congress “voting …
Come To Think Of It
Unlikely defender of the Cory Constitution
By Ade Fajardo Rodrigo Duterte backed changes to the 1987 Constitution even before he became President. In 2015, he toured the country talking to people about his desire to shift to a federal system of government — part of a campaign strategy built on the promise of a new Philippines, and anchored on Davao’s vaunted success …
Will Quiboloy snub the Senate?
By Ade Fajardo Absent an act of God, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (the Name Above Every Name) will be spotlighted today when the Senate Committee on Women and Children conducts its inquiry into the cases of its leader Apollo Quiboloy. The Senate will hear PSR No. 884 filed by Senator Risa Hontiveros, which greenlights a …
Internet justice
By Ade S. Fajardo Sometimes it is a case of the police shooting themselves in the foot. Instead of sending the message that they are doing their jobs, the Quezon City Police District had to defend themselves from insinuations that they were blocking efforts from a cyclist to file charges against a former policeman identified as …