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00:00 The charter change and the resolution of both Houses 6 of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri to amend the provisions of the Constitution.
00:10 We will now call on Senator Aimee Marcos. Senator, good morning.
00:14 Yes, good morning. How are you there?
00:18 Good. Under the provision of foreign ownership of schools, advertising companies, and public utilities,
00:26 those are the amendments that President Zubiri said.
00:30 For you as a member of the Senate, should the Constitution be amended to the things that were mentioned?
00:38 Well, for me, first of all, the Constitution is not the most important thing that will change the life of people in this time.
00:50 My brother and I haven't become president yet. We talked to the boss that this will distract and distract the attention of our government.
01:01 If this is what we will focus on, not the price of gas, gasoline and other problems in our work.
01:08 But we have already discussed this. We know that there are many problems in our Constitution, Apta Arnold.
01:16 The truth is, I should be the last one to oppose the Constitution, which is said to be a distraction to my family during President Aquino's time.
01:26 But the time is not right and even though there are many defects, it's hard to move on to Project PI.
01:36 I'm happy that you all are in favor of the amendment. As mentioned, we know that we have changed the very cheap way of implementing the law.
01:51 It means we didn't use CON-CON or CON-AS or PI during President Duterte's time. We have changed the Public Services Act,
02:01 we have changed the Retail Services Act, we have changed the Foreign Investment Act. I led that.
02:12 We have expanded the sectors that foreign investment can enter.
02:19 I'm also afraid that the education will be done through foreign schools, Singapore schools, culinary schools, and so on.
02:32 Most of all, is advertising really important in the lives of ordinary Filipinos?
02:40 Is it not entering the media? It's scary if there are many foreigners in the media. Let's see. It's good that the education is not done through PI.
02:53 It's more than cheap and it's not needed. Let's move on to the study of economic provisions.
03:02 For me, energy should be prioritized so that it won't be blackout in the next week.
03:10 So in the discarriage of the PI or People's Initiative, did you see that this is a salvation, that the constitutional amendments can be passed?
03:20 That's right. That's right. This is a compromise between the Senate and Congress because they are already fighting.
03:28 It's not good if they continue to fight. The most ugly thing is the so-called 20 million congressmen and the text of the office of the speaker.
03:42 It's ugly because now, they said to us that the congressmen and the city mayor are already lying low.
03:51 What they are doing is, the public works contractors are signing people. This is ugly.
03:58 Senator, you mentioned the laws that are giving protection to us for foreign leaders.
04:05 So are these laws enough and do we need to move our provisions? Is that enough?
04:12 For me, first of all, this is not magic that the money of foreigners will suddenly increase when it comes here and when it is changed.
04:23 But for me, I'm a big man. I need to spend 14 billion to change the law.
04:31 We cannot change the law. We did not spend a lot during the time of President Duterte.
04:37 We opened three provisions in the process of changing the law, not the Constitution.
04:46 I hope this will be better and faster. In accordance with law, this is what is in our Constitution.
04:55 But you mentioned that when your brother Bongbong Marcos was not yet president, he didn't want to change the law.
05:03 He really didn't want to.
05:05 What is this? Did he change his...
05:07 He was worried about the economic recovery. He said that people are still poor, the prices are still high, it's hard to bring in a good job.
05:16 Why would we allow that to happen? Maybe we will run out of time.
05:20 Is there a deeper agenda other than economic provision, Senator?
05:25 That's what we're afraid of. Why is the CONAS still being forced while we're seeing and experiencing that it can be changed in accordance with law.
05:39 Maybe the political and the ambitious who did not win the popular vote want to change to parliamentary. I don't know.
05:51 Did you talk to the President about the P20 million that you also borrowed to get the signature?
05:58 Yes. He was surprised. He didn't expect that.
06:03 The P100 million is still being borrowed and it's now P40 million. In other places, it's P1,000. What is this?
06:10 Is this really for sale, even the Constitution? This is really a fraud.
06:17 With this development Senator, will your resolution to investigate this fraud and signature continue?
06:23 I think it should continue. It should continue so it won't happen again.
06:29 If future legislation is needed, it should be done so this would be a law for me, for the future of this country.
06:38 The problem is, I will call on someone. Maybe the congressmen will not speak. Maybe their budget will be zero-zero.
06:47 Later, the poor employees of DSWD, DOH and DOLE will be affected. If they will pass, they will pass.
06:57 Okay. You mentioned that the staff of House Speaker Romualdez, the ones who are texting about the P20 million.
07:05 Yes. Their names are written. We are familiar with their numbers.
07:12 There's Jetronco, there's Consinocino. There are many names. There are many of them.
07:19 Are you talking to your cousin?
07:21 I know that it's a trap for me since October. I said I'm a product of luck because I want to save and not destroy Unity.
07:35 When VP Sara is still trying to back you up and there's a threat of impeachment, I said that it cannot be like that.
07:45 The people of the ICC, whatever they are, why are you fighting? You're not fighting.
07:51 The DOSF is strong but they're not empowering us. We will be fine. What is the problem?
07:58 Okay. Our direction here is to separate the vote of the Congress and the Senate or to join them?
08:05 That's another trap. People are being told that if they sign, they will receive assistance of P3,000 per year or per month.
08:16 If you look at the paper, it says jointly or separately voting. Even though I'm in a trap, how can that be?
08:28 The vote of 24 senators is only for more than 300 congressmen.
08:35 A firm organizer admitted that that's the trap because they don't have a vote in the Senate.
08:42 They know this because... it's annoying. This is the third time, the first two times, by camera resolution of CONCON and CONACT.
08:54 The senators don't want this. The third time, the P.I., we don't want this because it's obvious that we're in a loss.
09:04 We were separated by only 24 votes.
09:07 Public P.I.
09:11 Public P.I. I'm not the only one who got a ban. You're already in the middle of the election.
09:19 Thank you. Thank you very much Senator Amy Marcos. Take care.
09:22 Thank you very much. Happy New Year. This is my first time here this 2024. Thank you very much.
09:30 Thank you. We will work hard to get the approval of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, as mentioned by Senator Amy Marcos.
09:38 But first, she said that she supports the proposed resolution of both Houses 6 of President Juan Miguel Subiri.
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