By Junex Doronio
MANILA — If the House of Representatives approves Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH7) on economic charter change on Wednesday (20 March 2024), Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe on Monday (18 March 2024) pushed that the lower chamber forward the resolution to the Commission on Elections.
The last session day before Congress goes on a Holy Week break will be on Wednesday (20 March 2024).
“If we have 3/4 vote on RBH7 and everything has been complied with in accordance to the Constitution, then my suggestion is we forward it to the Commission on Elections,” Dalipe quipped in a media interview.
He noted that if the Senate and the House are to vote separately on economic charter change, the three-fourths vote in the House is equivalent to 232.
Dalipe hastened to add that if the two chambers are to vote jointly, the needed number of votes is 250.
“In the law, it is Comelec who will decide if we have complied and there is a sufficient number of votes as stated in the Constitution, that they can ultimately schedule for a plebiscite on RBH7,” Dalipe pointed out.
(el Amigo/MNM)