By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — House of Representatives leaders have filed Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 7 on Monday which mirrored the resolution filed by the Senate on amending economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.
RBH No. 7 was authored by Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr., Deputy Speaker and Quezon 2nd District Rep. David “Jay-jay” Suarez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, and other House leaders, was almost an exact reproduction of Resolution of Both Houses No. 6, filed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Juan Edgardo Angara and Loren Legarda.
The resolution is titled “A Resolution of Both Houses of Congress proposing amendments to certain economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, particularly on Articles Xll, XlV, and XVl,” similar to the Senate version.
In filing RBH No. 7, Gonzales, Suarez, Dalipe, and other House leaders said the Constitution “is the supreme law of the land, enshrining the foundations of our nationhood and reflecting the consensus of our citizenry.”
“The nation’s economic policy must be reframed under the demands of this increasingly globalized age, while still protecting the general policy of Filipino-first that guides the economic provisions of the Constitution,” the House leaders said.
The lawmakers also stressed the need to institutionalize the reforms laid down in the amended Public Service Act to liberalize industries.
(el Amigo/MNM)
