Mamamayang Liberal
Partylist Rep. Leila de Lima Speaks on Stand over Cha-Cha
LEILA DE LIMA
– The House Member revealed the intents that would make her oppose the Charter Change or Cha-Cha.
Recently, talks about the Charter Change or also popularly called Cha-Cha crossed the surface after the
Supreme Court affirmed its previous ruling on the impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte saying it’s “unconstitutional”
. The court found the complaint as a violation to the one-year ban rule with regards to the filing of impeachment raps.
Alan Peter Cayetano
Pia Cayetano
Ronald Dela Rosa
JV Ejercito
Francis Escudero
Jinggoy Estrada
Sherwin Gatchalian
Bong Go
Lito Lapid
Loren Legarda
Rodante Marcoleta
Imee Marcos
Robinhood Padilla
Erwin Tulfo
Raffy Tulfo
Joel Villanueva
Camille Villar
Mark Villar
Juan Miguel Zubiri
Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV
Risa Hontiveros
Francis Pangilinan
Vicente “Tito” Sotto III
ABSTAIN
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson
Then-minority Senator Ping Lacson claimed that he and Sotto will revive the impeachment complaint from the archives if the Supreme Court will change its ruling. A motion of reconsideration over the high court’s decision was filed by the complainants.
Recently, on Thursday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its previous decision on the impeachment complaint against Vice Pres. Sara Duterte. It earned different reactions from the people. According to
Mamamayang Liberal Party-list
Representative Leila de Lima, the high court allegedly “redefined” the impeachment rules with its ruling in the case of Duterte.
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Recently, Senate Pres.
. According to him, if the SC is allegedly allowed to change the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the senators who are “empowered” to do so should do it.
“I will not push. I will support. I will support a cha-cha at this point. Dati ayokong ayoko yan. Ang gusto ko cha-cha character change eh,”
Sotto expressed.
According to de Lima, she will be open to the talks of Charter Change if its intention is to clarify the provisions with regards to the impeachment, make the provision on the ban of political dynasties self-executory, and amend the economic provisions. She claimed that she is also open to talk about the ruling of the Supreme Court on Duterte’s impeachment case.
However, based on the
post
Mamamayang Liberal
Party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said that she will oppose Cha-Cha if its intention is for the term extension of the current government officials, the removal of the term limit, and to eradicate the ban on political dynasty.
“Kapag ang agenda ay para bigyang-diin ang term extension ng mga nakaupo, pag-alis ng term limit, pagtanggal ng ban sa political dynasty, at paglabnaw ng mga probisyon sa human rights and social justice, kokontra po tayo riyan,”
de Lima said.
Recently, Vice Pres.
Sara Duterte spoke on the possibility of filing a fresh impeachment complaint against her
after the ban is lifted this February.