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It has been joked that the only way to fix California's dysfunctional government is to scrap it and start over. But that's just what proponents of a constitutional convention say they hope to do. About 50 people attended Alameda County's third in a series...
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Charter change at the House of Representatives is not dead as the chamber opened on Wednesday night debates on the proposal to call for a constitutional convention that would amend the 1987 Constitution. The chamber's initial adoption of House Concurrent...
Tags: House of Representatives, constitution convention, Philippines, Manila, Constitution of the Philippines, United States House of Representatives, Constitutional convention, Politics of the Philippines, Philippines charter change, Convention, Social Issues, Politics, Political history, United States Constitution, Mar Roxas, Constitutional law
Philippines-Ensuring that Charter change would not happen before the May 2010 presidential polls, the House committee on constitutional amendments agreed to hold the election of delegates to the constitutional convention in October next year. Gathering...
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Philippines-The proposal to elect delegates of a constitutional convention to amend the 1987 Constitution simultaneous with the 2010 national elections has hurdled the committee level after its members approved it. Voting 6-1, members of the committee...
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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not keen on holding the balloting for delegates of a constitutional convention simultaneous with the May 2010 presidential polls, saying this would confuse voters. Speaking at the hearing of the constitutional...
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Philippines-With the fate of the controversial House resolution seeking to convene a constituent assembly in limbo, proponents of a separate resolution for a constitutional convention have begun fresh moves to change the Charter. At the hearing of the...
Tags: Victor Ortega, House of Representatives, constitution convention, constitution amendments
Governor rejects constitution draft Friday, June 12th 2009 ST. Proclaiming that the proposed Virgin Islands constitution violates federal law, fails to defer to federal sovereignty and disregards basic civil rights, Gov. John deJongh Jr. rejected the...
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The delegates to the Fifth Constitutional Convention finished work on their draft constitution Tuesday night, beginning the process to get the Virgin Islands its own locally drafted ruling document, with a 20 to 5 vote. The feeling in the New Drive In...
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As Saturday's session of the Constitutional Convention began, delegate Wilma Marsh Monsanto offered a prayer to rebuke the powers of evil from disrupting the convention's business. As the session unfolded, however, consternation, confusion, chaos and...
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Convention delegates prepare to reveal proposals at forums Thursday, March 5th 2009 ST. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention are preparing to bring their draft document to the people at public forums tentatively planned for next month. The 30 convention...
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