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                    [Summary] => Three senators — two from the administration and one from the opposition — expressed confidence yesterday that Senate President Franklin Drilon will keep his post until Congress adjourns next year.


Pro-administration Senators Ramon Magsaysay Jr. and Francis Pangilinan said they are confident Drilon will finish his term as Senate President despite persistent rumors that some of his colleagues in the chamber are plotting his ouster.


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                    [Title] => Frowning Drilon: No loyalty check
                    [Summary] => What loyalty check?


A frowning Senate President Franklin Drilon dismissed yesterday reports he was conducting a loyalty check among his colleagues to ensure their support for his leadership.  


"That’s only a report. It is not true there is a loyalty check. I have no more comment on that. As far as I know, the majority and the minority blocs are supporting my leadership," Drilon stressed, even as he refused to identify who among the 22 senators are supporting him.


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                    [Title] => De Venecia: Elections will push through next year
                    [Summary] => The presidential elections scheduled in May next year will push through, Speaker Jose de Venecia assured the nation yesterday.


De Venecia dismissed reports that he and other proponents of Charter change are eyeing the cancellation of next year’s elections so that the terms of elected officials could be extended beyond 2004.


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                    [Title] => Senate debates Cha-cha move today
                    [Summary] => The Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes and laws will begin hearing today the concurrent resolution approved by the House of Representatives that seeks to convene Congress into a constituent assembly to amend the 1987 Constitution.


Committee chairman Sen. Edgardo Angara has invited Western Samar Rep. Antonio Nachura to attend today’s hearing. Nachura chairs the House committee on constitutional amendments.


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                    [Title] => Arroyo neutral on Charter changes
                    [Summary] => President Arroyo will take the middle road on the issue of Charter change.


The process of convening Congress into a constituent assembly for the purpose of amending the 1987 Constitution will be left in the hands of the legislature by the President and she will merely abide by the outcome of the lawmakers’ efforts.


"We leave the process to Congress," Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye said. "Let them sort it out among themselves. The stand of the President remains neutral."


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                    [Title] => Senate urged to tackle House ‘Cha-cha’ measure
                    [Summary] => The manner of amending the 1987 Constitution could be immediately known if only the Senate takes up the House resolution calling for a constituent assembly, a ranking administration legislator said yesterday.


Western Samar Rep. Antonio Nachura, chairman of the House committee on constitutional amendments, said the counterpart Senate committee could immediately tackle House Resolution No. 16, ahead of the proposal calling for a constitutional convention.


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                    [Title] => Second stringers may run Con-con – Joker
                    [Summary] => Holding a constitutional convention (Con-con) opens up an opportunity for second stringers.


Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday that those who cannot be accommodated as candidates in the 2004 elections would get a second lease on their political life by running as delegates to the Con-con.
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Drilon expected to keep post

By Jose Rodel Clapano | July 6, 2003 - 12:00am

Three senators — two from the administration and one from the opposition — expressed confidence yesterday that Senate President Franklin Drilon will keep his post until Congress adjourns next year. Pro-administration...

Headlines

Frowning Drilon: No loyalty check

By Jose Rodel Clapano | July 5, 2003 - 12:00am

What loyalty check? A frowning Senate President Franklin Drilon dismissed yesterday reports he was conducting a loyalty check among his colleagues to ensure their support for his leadership. "That’s...

Headlines

De Venecia: Elections will push through next year

By Paolo Romero | May 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The presidential elections scheduled in May next year will push through, Speaker Jose de Venecia assured the nation yesterday. De Venecia dismissed reports that he and other proponents of Charter change are eyeing...

Headlines

Senate debates Cha-cha move today

By Jose Rodel Clapano | May 12, 2003 - 12:00am

The Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes and laws will begin hearing today the concurrent resolution approved by the House of Representatives that seeks to convene Congress into a constituent...

Headlines

Arroyo neutral on Charter changes

By Delon Porcalla | May 5, 2003 - 12:00am

President Arroyo will take the middle road on the issue of Charter change. The process of convening Congress into a constituent assembly for the purpose of amending the 1987 Constitution will be left in the hands...

Headlines

Senate urged to tackle House ‘Cha-cha’ measure

March 31, 2003 - 12:00am

The manner of amending the 1987 Constitution could be immediately known if only the Senate takes up the House resolution calling for a constituent assembly, a ranking administration legislator said yesterday. Western...

Headlines

Second stringers may run Con-con – Joker

By Sammy Santos | January 20, 2003 - 12:00am

Holding a constitutional convention (Con-con) opens up an opportunity for second stringers. Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday that those who cannot be accommodated as candidates in the 2004 elections would get a...

Headlines