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00:00 The Senate will investigate tomorrow if the people's initiative was really paid for.
00:05 In the middle of the hot issue, an old video was released
00:08 by Senator Cheese Escudero where the amendment to the Constitution was discussed.
00:13 We have the first news, Ma'am Gonzales.
00:15 House Speaker Martin Romualdez has repeatedly denied
00:22 the allegations that he is behind the people's initiative
00:25 for the amendment to the Constitution.
00:28 But Senator Cheese Escudero asked,
00:30 "How can Romualdez deny that he is behind the so-called pecking initiative
00:36 that was created and was approved by the government in December?"
00:40 Escudero posted the video Romualdez got in December.
00:44 Romualdez said that they are studying how the Constitution will be amended.
00:49 We will highly recommend that we embark on a people's initiative
00:53 to cure this impasse, so to speak, on how we vote.
00:59 We would like to amend the Constitution vis-a-vis how we procedurally amend the same.
01:06 And that's either we vote jointly or separately.
01:09 We'd like to have that resolved by and through a people's initiative.
01:12 Escudero said that it's clearly a politician's initiative and not a people's initiative.
01:18 We asked Romualdez for an answer to Escudero's post and he still hasn't replied.
01:22 But Albay, Representative Joey Salceda, said,
01:25 Romualdez just expressed his support for the people's initiative,
01:29 but it doesn't mean that the Camera has a participation or control here.
01:34 The Camera's role is to gather the public to talk about it
01:38 to have awareness about the amendment to the Constitution.
01:42 The group Bayan Muna, which is the No2ChaCha Coalition,
01:46 released a template affidavit for those who want to amend their signature.
01:51 It has an English and Filipino version so it's easier to understand.
01:55 The withdrawal of one hundred symbolizes the assertion of many people who say that this ChaCha
02:06 has an improper explanation to the people.
02:10 At the very worst, it has an alternative aid, money or trickery.
02:16 The group will also visit the Senate tomorrow.
02:20 On Tuesday, the Senate conducted an investigation
02:23 to find out if the people's initiative is really paying off.
02:27 Senator Amy Marcos, the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms Chair,
02:31 invited congressmen who are now behind the signing of the withdrawal.
02:36 On Thursday, senators from the President's Office met about the ChaCha.
02:40 I know my brother and he's tied up.
02:44 I don't understand how my brother was tied up with all the demons.
02:52 The issue here is the country, the Constitution, the law,
02:57 and the proper way to change our current law.
03:01 No relatives, no friends.
03:05 We are one and it will not be easy to talk about cousins, brothers.
03:12 If I do something wrong, I will point out that we are one.
03:18 I'm sorry.
03:19 This is the first news.
03:21 Mav Gonzalez for GMA Integrated News.
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