ConCom ready to submit new constitution draft by July 9 as regional road shows start this week
THE CONSULTATIVE Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution (ConCom) is confident of meeting the August 19 deadline for the proposal on the Federal Constitution as stipulated under Executive Order 10 issued in 2016.
“According to Executive Order 10 , the ConCom shall endeavor to finish its job within six months from the day of convening. We convened on February 19 so until August 19, the job should be finished,” ConCom Media and Technological Officer Conrado I. Generoso said during a media briefing at the Philippine International Convention Center last week.
The ConCom will submit the draft to President Rodrigo R. Duterte on July 9, a few weeks before his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 23.
“Our commitment to the President is to submit this before the SONA so we can give him time to review,” Mr. Generoso said.
In the meantime, public consultations and presentations in the different regions, which was launched this week in Dumaguete City, will be held until August.
The draft, Mr. Generoso stressed, remains a work in progress.
“What we did in the first place is consultations with the experts,” he added, then the preparation of the draft, which will then be presented during the public consultations.
“Whatever feedback we get, we will still submit to the President and it is up to the President whether or not he’ll submit that feedback to the Congress,” Mr. Generoso said. — Gillian M. Cortez
