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Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido "Benny" Abante Jr. believes that lawmakers should start talks on Charter change (Cha-cha) within the first year of the 20th Congress if they are really keen on amending the 1987 Constitution. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/15/start-cha-cha-talks-early-in-20th-congressabante

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00:00Good morning, sir.
00:00Sir, may renewed push for charter change.
00:04Si Congressman Pidogarbin kanina naghain po nung resolution of both houses number one.
00:09And dun nga po, aside dun sa last year na ipinasan na po dito sa house yung three restrictive economic provisions,
00:17gusto rin po niya sana ay amend yung sa Article 1, yung sa national territory para ma-include na nga rin po doon yung EEZ natin
00:25yung continental shelf para mas ma-inforced daw yung country's arbitral victory po sa West Philippine Sea.
00:31Ano po, first, your thoughts on this?
00:35Do you support this pong bagong panukal, I mean, resolution both houses para sa cha-cha?
00:41In fact, kung pwede kong mag-principal autor pa ako diyan.
00:45Because I've always supported charter change, no?
00:48Ever since I was a councilor of Manila in 1992, si President Ramos pa ang presidente.
00:57At siya rin ang nag-promote ng charter change na yan.
01:01Sinuportahan ko na yan, talagang dapat magkaroon tayo ng charter change.
01:05At dapat sa akin, simulan na ngayon yan, simulan na ngayon yan.
01:10We should not actually delay it.
01:12Naniniwala ako diyan.
01:13Yes, sir. Yan na nga po. Last year, pumasa sa atin dito sa House, pero sa Senado hindi naman po lumusot.
01:19So, ano po, gano'n po kayo ka-optimistic na this time around, eh, papasa po siya?
01:25Well, I do not know kung anong iniisip ng Senado niyan, no?
01:30Unless otherwise, politically speaking,
01:33baka iniisip nila na mawawala ang Senado.
01:38So, sa akin, pag yung charter change na yan, naisin natin, ako, personally, I want even the Senators to run regionally.
01:48Ibig sabihin, eh, kag-tunas sa Amerika, mayroong Senador from Texas, mayroong Senador from New York, no?
01:55It's not anymore a national thing sa mga Senador natin.
01:59Gawin natin regional yan, para mayroong silang tinatawan na constituency.
02:04So, sir, yan yung fears ng iba, no?
02:05Baka kasi kung economic provisions yung pinupush, pero pumapasok na rin yung political, like even yung mga minimension ninyo.
02:12Sir, will you also be filing another RBH?
02:15Unang-una niyan talaga, yung economic provisions.
02:18Very, very important yun.
02:20Yun ang unang-una.
02:21But, of course, we cannot, yung binan, hindi rin natin pwedeng tanggalin yung pagkakataon na other congressmen would want some political changes, no?
02:32So, we'll see what will happen pag nagkaroon talaga ng charter change na yan.
02:38Eh, sir, may time pa kaya?
02:40Lalo na kung yun ngayon, may impeachment pa.
02:42Palagay ko, kung ang charter change would happen in the first year of Congress, baka may time pa eh.
02:54Baka may time pa eh.
02:55And I don't know kung ano magiging, kung ano magiging process yan, whether it be constituent assembly,
03:03or whether it be constitutional convention,
03:05or whether it be yung isa pa, yung tinan natin maigay, no?
03:13Pero pag yan, eh, nasa middle na ng aming gawain,
03:22palagay ko wala na masyadong time yan.
03:24Dapat, talagang simulan na yan.
03:27Kaya naman eh.
03:28I mean, kahit may impeachment, kaya pa naman eh.
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