KIKO QUESTIONS TIMING OF CHARTER CHANGE

Come hell or high water advocates of Charter Change have once again revived a campaign to amend the Constitution and this time they want to set up a federal form of government, but Senate Majority Leader and Independent senator Kiko Pangilinan questions the timing of the proposal as it coincided with the new scandal over the alleged kickbacks in the aborted $329-million National Broadband Network Deal.

"Charter Change at this point is very untimely. Gumagawa na naman kayo ng isang script na palpak! Nililito ninyo na naman ang taongbayan, ang dapat gawin ng Malakanyang at mga nagsusulong ng ChaCha ngayon ay tumulong na lamang kayong ilabas ang katotohanan sa ZTE deal," Kiko said.

Last October 2006, the Supreme Court junked the people's initiative petition filed by Sigaw ng Bayan and Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines because it failed to comply with the constitutional requirement that the initiative must be directly proposed by the people and because proponents of the amendment also sought an overhaul of the Constitution.

"Desperado na ang gobyernong ito, walang kinalaman ang ChaCha sa kumakalam na sikmura ni Juan de la Cruz! Kapag pinilit ng mga kaalyado ng Malakanyang ang Chacha baka ito pa ang maging mitsa ng pagbagsak ng kanilang gobyerno. Tinitiis na lang ng taumbayan ang gobyernong ito sa tiwala na pagdating ng 2010 ay maaari na itong palitan. Kapag pinuwersa ang chacha sa pagpapalawig ng kapangyarihan ng mga nakaupo matinding hagupit ng galit ng mamamayan ang haharapin nila at baka sa kangkungan na sila pupulutin." Kiko ended.