Drilon: Senate pushing to amend economic provisions in Charter before Aquino term ends

Senate President Franklin Drilon. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—With barely two years left under the Aquino administration, the Senate has no choice but to give its “best shot” to the proposed amendments to economic provisions of the Constitution, Senate President Franklin Drilon has said.

Speaking at the Law Day Celebrations and Induction Ceremonies Tuesday, Drilon reiterated his full backing on the proposed amendments to the Constitution which are now being tackled at the House of Representatives.

“We support the effort in the House of Representatives to push amendments to the economic provisions of the Constitution phrase by inserting the “unless otherwise provided by law,” so we should be able to review our economic policies without the need of amending our Constitution,” he said.

“We support this approach in amending our very stringent economic policies, in order that we could keep pace with a fast-paced economic environment.”

But Drilon added, “Given that we only have less than two years, I am sure that you, who are sitting there, would say that this is a tall order.”

“Even rocket science could not figure out how this could all be done given the limited time,” he said.

Drilon, however, pointed out, that the Senate was already in receipt last month the drafts of many of the proposed economic legislation from the economic cluster.

“We have no choice but to give it our best shot,” he said.

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