LIVE: Senate hearing on charter change

Sen. Francis Pangilinan, chair of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes and Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, will lead the hearing on the resolution calling for a convention to propose amendments to, or revision of the Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines. File

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate committee on constitutional amendments and revision of codes will conduct a hearing on the proposed amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

On Tuesday night, the House of Representatives voted to adopt a resolution convening Congress into a constituent assembly for charter change. The measure would be sent to the Senate for concurrence.

Watch the hearing LIVE starting 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018:

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