Con-com: Duterte to get draft federal Charter on July 9 | Inquirer News

Con-com: Duterte to get draft federal Charter on July 9

By: - Reporter / @JLeonenINQ
/ 11:27 AM June 07, 2018

The Consultative Committee (Con-com) will submit to President Rodrigo Duterte the complete draft of a new federal constitution on July 9 in time for his third State of the Nation Address (Sona).

Con-com spokesman Ding Generoso said there were only three remaining articles being finalized by the committee — “Federated Regions,” “Transitory Provisions” and “Amendments.”

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“Con-com is on track to submit the adopted draft on July 9 in time for the Sona,” Generoso told reporters in a briefing at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).

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The complete articles of the draft federal Charter were now being refined, edited for style, and proofread for consistency, he also said.

“Con-com hopes to vote on the entire draft constitution in one en banc session next week, tentatively on June 14, before the end of Ramadan,” Generoso added.

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Duterte created the Con-com to review the 1987 Constitution and draw proposed provisions for a new Charter under a federal form of government.

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The Con-com, composed of 22 members appointed by the President, started convening mid-February to revise provisions under the prevailing 1987 Constitution and draft new articles under a federal Charter.

Transitioning from a unitary form of government to a federal republic was one of the campaign promises made by Duterte during the 2016 presidential elections.  /kga

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