Senate should not hold Cha-cha hostage

Senators insist that they should vote separately for or against Charter change.

Big question: What happens if the Senate cannot get the three-fourths majority vote? It will mean that all the “blah … blah … blah …” as well as the work of the consultative committee headed by former chief justice Reynato Puno would go down the drain.

The House of Representatives leadership is correct that the voting must be three-fourths majority of both chambers to ensure that Charter change for federalism shall push through. Consuelo de amor propio—allow the senators to vote separately, but in computing the three-fourths majority, the total must be the entire Senate and Congress membership. We should not allow the Senate to trap Charter change.

R.T. AGBAYANI