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MANILA - A resolution calling for a constitutional convention (ConCon) to amend the 1987 Constitution hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. During the hearing on Monday, the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments approved the still-unnumbered resolution of both houses with 16 affirmative votes, three negative votes and one abstention. The ConCon will be composed of one delegate representing every legislative district in the country. "Among the three modes of amending the Constitution, the calling for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to the Constitution to be composed of elected delegates from all legislative districts of the country would be the most transparent, exhaustive, democratic and least divisive means of implementing constitutional reforms," the resolution read. The resolution cited studies showing that particular economic provisions of the Constitution need to be revisited and recrafted so that the Philippines may become glo