Duterte wants people’s feedback on draft federal Charter

With the administration’s economic managers opposed to the federal Constitution, President Rodrigo Duterte now wants the people themselves to comment on it so this could be improved and then submitted to Congress.

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday that the Department of the Interior and Local Government would receive the feedback from the people. Comments can also be sent to Roque’s office or the Presidential Communications Operations Office.

“The federal Constitution submitted by the 22-member Consultative Committee to review the 1987 Constitution is a very good draft; the government, however, and the [committee] are considering the comments of all stakeholders and are open to improving the draft federal charter. The President will consider the comments of the people,” Roque said in a press briefing.—CHRISTINE O. AVENDAÑO