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but what if after one or two years, the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional?
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And once the Supreme Court declares it unconstitutional, paano daw nila mababalik sa 60-40 yung kanilang mga investments?
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Mabibigat din na rason.
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And that's why we are open with the leadership of the Senate.
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We had several meetings with the Senators after.
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We are open, rather, to discussions on the amendment of the Constitution on these particular provisions.
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But we are going to do it separately, voting separately.
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And that is why we have prepared a resolution, now signed by myself, Senator Lauren Legarda and Senator Sunny Angara,
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on the economic provisions, amendments of the economic provisions of the Constitution.
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So, with this, we had asked the majority members, had asked Senator Sunny Angara to lead the subcommittee on the Committee on Constitutional Amendments
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to tackle this particular issue.
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We chose Senator Sunny Angara kasi kailangan talaga natin dito ay abogado.
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So, with your respect.
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Hindi ko pa nakakausap si Senator Robin Padilla.
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He's still abroad.
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But when he comes back, kakausapin po namin siya.
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At magre-request po kami na kung pwede, para dito sa usapin na ito, we will ask a creation of a subcommittee for this purpose.
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So, just to make a long story short, we had a meeting, the chain of events that had happened.
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So, nag-meeting po tayo.
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Nakipag-meeting po.
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Kay Presidente nung Tuesday.
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And I raised the alarm about the People's Initiative.
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It was very gracious enough to meet with me.
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And we discussed how we can diffuse the situation.
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In fairness to the President, hindi niya po alam yung People's Initiative language was to diminish the powers of the Senate.
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And after that, he asked me to meet with the Speaker.
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We met with the Speaker.
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I met with him on Tuesday evening, after which we had the lively and vigorous debate on the issue.
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And we all decided to meet with the President once again at 3 p.m. in Malacanang last Thursday.
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In that meeting, we were there early.
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we met together with Senator Loren Legarda, kasama po namin, si Congressman Sandro Marcos,
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SAP Anton Lagdameo,
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and the Speaker and myself.
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In that meeting, we discussed the scenarios.
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And of course, I defended the position of the Senate na talagang malabo yan kasi
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as far as we're concerned,
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their plan is unconstitutional because we are a bicameral system of government.
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Kaya, nung pagkita po natin kay Presidente,
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the President, first of all, and I'd like to thank the President
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for his comment that the P.I. is too divisive.
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And he even mentioned news items from the major networks that he watched the night before.
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At sabi, oh, nagkakagulo na, bakit nagkakaganyan, may bayaran.
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And he said, he even said na, and I thank the President for this,
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because he even said na, eh ako dati ako senador.
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Eh bilang dating senador, hindi din ako papayag na ma-undermine
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o ma-diminish ang kapangyarihan ng senado sa pagdating ng usaping bicameralism
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or bicameral form of government.
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So, maganda po ang direksyon ng Pangulo.
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And ang sabi niya sa akin, at kay Speaker,
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sabi niya, why doesn't the Senate take the lead in the discussions of the economic provisions
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and then you approve your version which the House can adopt?
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So that was the position of the President.
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Para hindi na tayo maglalagay pa kung ano-ano pang mga amendments
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na sa tingin natin ay magagalit ang taong bayan.
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that was quite clear in the meeting.
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And that's why in the Van de Onor,
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medyo smiling na po kami ng Speaker of the House at ang Presidente ng Senado.
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Because we were able to resolve that very big issue.
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That night, nag-meeting po kami with the Senators.
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We had about 14 Senators that met that night.
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And we discussed the possibilities.
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Nakuha ko naman po yung full support ng majority of the Senators.
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We were also there.
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We also are the member of the minority there, Senator Rizontiveros.
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And of course, we said to her that we know their position.
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We will respect their position.
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But I'm being transparent.
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As the Senate President, I want to be transparent
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that these discussions will be taking place once the Senate resumes on January 22.
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Sir, sorry sa pa.
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Sir, kasi ever since naman, di ba, divided yung Senate in terms of CHA-CHA.
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And parang kayo mismo,
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may nagsabi dati, Sir, na pag pinush yan, hindi talaga yan mananalo dito sa Senate.
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But since kayo mismo, Sir, yung may reso na,
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did you get the support of the 14 Senators para pumasa po yung economic provisions CHA-CHA?
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We got the support of all the Senators that were there except, of course, for the minority.
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The minority is Lanko Mittal.
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They have to see the amendments first.
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They want to participate in discussions and the debates.
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I'm talking about Senator Riza.
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She was the one who said na wala po na siyang may dadagdag.
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Although she was happy that the discussions will be moving away from the plan of the P.I. na ikapon kami.
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Happy po silang lahat na ang sinabi ng Pangulo na dapat dito na tayo sa ganitong kasip proseso.
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Hindi po yung sa gusto ng PIPOS initiative na yan na EDSA Puerra na gusto nilang ikapon ang Senado
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at magkakaroon po ng mga...
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posibleng amendments na hindi po natin makokontrol bilang Senado.
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Because you have to remember that the gist of this proposal ay pagdating po ng isang Constituent Assembly
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which can be called by either one, ha?
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Either one can call for this.
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Ay three-fourths vote lamang ang kailangan.
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So I did a simple computation.
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Kung 300 Congressman yun,
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24 Senators, that's 324.
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Technically, three-fourths vote is only 243.
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So maski na po mag-walkout po tayo,
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maski na po absent kami,
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they can amend the Constitution.
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And we can no longer protect the people's interest in the system of checks and balances that we are...
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which is enshrined by the Constitution through a bicameral form of government.
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No, no. We need a...
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a total of 18 votes when it comes to amending.
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Kasi two-thirds ang 16, three-fourths is 18.
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Sir, pumalap ko si the Speaker na masasempre lang sa economic provisions, yung any amending.
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Well, ang binabanggit niya palagi eh, diyan lang naman siya gustong mag-amend eh, dahil sa economic provisions.
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According to him, officially in front of me.
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Any... I don't want to put any words in the Speaker's mouth.
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I would rather that you ask the Speaker himself on his position on this matter.
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But it's clear na he's speaking...
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for the... for the 300 members of the House of Representatives during their meeting.
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Nandun din naman si Sandro.
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So, Sandro is a senior deputy majority floor leader.
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I believe the message was loud and clear.
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I hope that the message was loud and clear.
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Isundan ko lang yung kay Marlon.
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During that meeting, was there a commitment given by Speaker Romualdez...
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na they will not support in any other way yung PI?
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Because according to PIRMA, they are working on this, on the PI, in coordination with the Congress.
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I no longer want to fight with my colleagues in Congress.
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One week po ako hindi nakakatulog.
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Kaya hindi rin ako nakakasagot sa inyo dahil may iinahis po tayong gusot and...
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We were able to...
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to get consensus from...
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from everyone, including the President.
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I think those questions about the Speaker should be asked to the Speaker.
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How can you guard...
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the eventual proposal of other members of, for example, the Senate...
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with respect to...
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Kasi sabi nyo nga po, economic provision lang.
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Pero siyempre, independent-minded naman ng mga Senators.
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And some really want some political amendments.
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Well, ang mangyayari diyan, my dear colleagues,
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when discussions on, for example,
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if you see the resolution that we will file today,
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nakapirma na kaming tatlo,
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if you see the resolution that we filed today,
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it's limited to yung amendments to public services,
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as well as education,
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and as well as advertising.
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We got the guide from the President.
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I hope that the President will not be upset if I share this information.
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Pero si President mismo, ayaw niya ng lupa na ibigay sa foreigners.
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Siya mismo nagsabi, malabo yun.
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He said that, and I quote the President,
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this will give us problems in our housing program.
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It will increase tax rates, and it will increase prices of land in the Philippines.
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And he even cited some countries kung saan,
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na may foreign ownership,
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na yung mga mismong locals ay hindi na po nakaka-afford ng lupa dun at lumalabas na.
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Kaya nga nagkakaroon ng Asian 8,
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dahil may mga areas na Vancouver, Toronto, and Canada,
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wherein a lot of Chinese, Hong Kong nationals pumunta dun,
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binili lahat ng property.
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Yung mga Canadians na original,
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lumalabas na, hindi na nila ma-afford yung lupa,
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tsaka apartments dun sa mga lugar na yun.
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So we'd like to thank the President for that,
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because we are one in the Senate also not to agree on foreign land ownership.
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So maganda, mayroon po siyang direction na sinabi,
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keep away land from ownership.
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And even media, sabi niya.
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Ayaw din niya ng media, kasi kung may foreign ownership of media,
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baka mag-influence peddling pa yan dito on certain agendas.
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So ayaw din niya po yun.
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So we're limiting it as far as the Senate is concerned,
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that Thursday night.
