MERGED: Charter Change

[FK]

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If the Supreme Court rejects the petition on the excuse that there is no enabling law, then it will have assisted in depriving the people of our basic right to change the Constitution.

it's not an excuse... it is the law...

[maibe]

dapat ipasabot jud kaayu na sa mga pro-chacha kon unsa jud ang naa sa cha-cha.. den mag conduct sila og peoples initiative .. tapos ka2 mga tao ila gi pasign wala au enough info sa chacha den pataka lang sign.. saon.. dapat ipa klaro sa unsay CHACHA jud!

[talsik]

for faster government reform, i think i'll agree with chacha...

if you agree with cha-cha kindly gave us of your idea what is in need of changes and would this really justify the cha-cha this year. nagtatanong lang po...

[istoryador]

it's not an excuse... it is the law...

Ang korek mo!

I have deciphered the intentions of pro PI people. Its not about the welfare of the Filipinos, its about keeping themselves in power forever. Personal interest. That is why they are so desperate that they hoodwinked and cajole the people to sign it without giving them an opportunity to understand what its all about.

About the suggestion of holding a referendum, you cannot hold a referendum on something that has been done improperly and illegally.

[athlon XP-M]

What provisions on our present Constitution do you want to be amended? and why?

[iloveyou4ever]

Dapat maghimo na sila ug law nga lethal injection for corrupt people from the government plus bawion ang gikawat nga kwarta.

[Early_Bird]

Dapat maghimo na sila ug law nga lethal injection for corrupt people from the government plus bawion ang gikawat nga kwarta.

Maghimo sila ug law? Kinsa manang sila-ha? Its like Robbers enacting a law against Robbery.

[istoryador]

Anti-PI group says more fake signatures found--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

THE anti-charter change group One Voice expressed confidence that the petition for people’s initiative by to amend the Constitution would be junked by the Supreme Court as it said its lawyers yesterday unearthed evidence that the signature collection was fraudulent.

Just two days into the three-day investigation of the documents at the Comelec offices, Carlos Medina, One Voice chief legal counsel, said they have almost accomplished their mission in proving the invalidity of the petition filed by Sigaw ng Bayan and the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP).

"The petition will have to fail because of at least three districts where signatures were not verified," said Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, one of the lawyers opposing the petition.

Pimentel was referring to Districts 1, 2, and 3 of Davao City where the election officer only verified the names of the voters that appeared in the list of registered voters and not the signatures.

"It is clear in the law that the signatures must be verified and not the names of the signatories," claimed Medina.

Marlon Manuel, another member of the legal team added: "Aside from that (no signature verification) we have also discovered that some of these certifications were upon the request of mayors as indicated in the certificate".

Manuel identified the local chief executives as Rolando Tigas of Samal, Armando Ramos of Bagac, Antonio Raymundo Jr. of Orion and Carlos Pizarro Jr. of Pilar, all in Bataan.

"Ito ay maliwanag na ang naglalakad ng mga dokumento ay mga mayor. I thought this is supposed to be the peoples’ initiative?" he said.

Abigail Binay of the United Opposition, cited the case of a casual municipal clerk, identified as Rowena Castero who certified the verification of signatures in Sta. Fe Look town in Romblon despite that she was not a Comelec election officer.

"It is clear in the Constitution that only an election officer must certify the verification of signatures. It is of course different if the one who certified it doesn’t have the authority or the competence (to do such a job)," Medina said.

"Many are fabricated as mentioned in the documents that we found. Others are double entry and even triple entry which means that their names are twice or thrice entered in the petition," he said.

Medina cited a case in Brgy. Buenavista in Jaro, Leyte, where the signature sheets were photocopied to be able to meet the quota of signatures,

According to the Constitution, those who want to push for amendments through the peoples’ initiative must be able to sign up 3 percent of the total registered voters in every legislative district and 12 percent of the total registered voters nationwide.

Members of ULAP and Sigaw ng Bayan maintained their petition is valid and "aboveboard."

They said opposition groups "have failed to substantiate their charges of discrepancies and other supposed irregularities." – Gerard Naval

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Look at the brazenness this Singaw ng Bayad had demonstrated. Fake signatures, irregular verifications. They are even caught on video distributing rice and money. And that shamelss Atty Raul lambino would claim that those items were relief goods for the victims of typhoon and falshflood even if there was no such thing during that operation was caught on tape.

And now this latest caper. But you cant be sure, with the Supreme Court teeming with Glue-ria appointee anothe Harry Houdini type of verdict might happen in favor of Glu-ria's cha cha.

[mannyamador]

Singaw ng Bayad = LIARS

[bongjo]

the majority of the voters are not istoryans, basically that's the problem not the changes in government systems, inform them (masa) by all means,