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‘Charter change is a desperate attempt to hold on to power, silence critics’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
MANILA – Progressives said that the recent moves to amend the Philippine Constitution are “but a desperate attempt of President Rodrigo Duterte to hold on to power and silence critics.”
In a statement, ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro said she will not be surprised if fellow lawmakers will bring up the removal of term limits in the present charter, among other “self-serving interests.”
This is not the first time under the Duterte administration that lawmakers moved to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution, which has been hailed as a product of the anti-dictatorship movement and contains safeguards against the rise of another tyrant.
A fisherfolk group on Tuesday called on the government to give “free and massive” vaccination to citizens, saying it is the “long-term solution” to address the coronavirus pandemic.