Chacha out of the woodwork again despite past failure, lack of people’s trust

MANILA, Philippines---Attempts to change the 1987 Constitution have persisted since 1997, all ending up in failure because most people didn't want it, according to a framer of the historic post-martial law Charter. Simply put, people don't trust the move, according to Christian Monsod, lawyer and former chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Monsod, a leading member of the commission that drafted the current Constitution, said in a number of TV and radio interviews that he had counted at least six attempts to change the 1987 Constitution, which had been completed on Oct. 12, 1986 and ratified in a plebiscite on Feb. 2, 1987. He said the motives for Charter change (C...Keep on reading: Chacha out of the woodwork again despite past failure, lack of people’s trust

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