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Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr.(File photo) MANILA -Cavite Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. on Thursday urged that the constitutional convention (con-con) to be composed of a combination of delegates elected by the public and experts who are appointed and vetted by Malacanang and Congress. The Cavite solon took the idea from the earlier proposal of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno suggesting for a "hybrid" con-con with delegates not exclusively limited to those elected by the public. Barzaga proposed to the House Committee on Constitutional amendments to initially anchor its substitute bill on Charter change on this "hybrid model" of con-con espoused by the retired chief magistrate. "While acknowledging that electing delegates to a Con-con remains the best mode to amend the Constitution, Puno does not want Congress to take the traditional route where all the delegates are directly elected by the people," he said. Earlier, Puno pr ....

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