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Published January 11, 2021, 2:10 PM
Three Catholic prelates believe the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is being used as an excuse to amend the Constitution.
“They are using all kinds of reasons to push for ‘cha cha’ (charter change), and now the coronavirus. Before it was for economic reasons and then to reform party list laws. This is very suspect,” Archdiocese of Manila apostolic administrator Bishop Broderick Pabillo said in an interview Monday.
“At this time, to push for ‘cha cha’ is to extend terms or avoid election or avoid accountability (for) their misgovernance,” he added.
Retired bishops Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon and Teodoro Bacani Jr. agreed with Pabillo.