Published January 13, 2021, 3:50 PM
Senate President Tito Sotto said Wednesday that he plans to file a bill that will amend the current Party-List System Law, a move he sees will address President Duterte’s concerns on the country’s party-list system without having to tweak the 1987 Constitution.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III
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“I have been drafting a law that will amend the party-list law para mas malinaw (to clarify it). And will no longer be subject to interpretation of the Supreme Court or whoever, or Comelec (Commission of Elections),” Sotto said in the virtual Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.