As promised, Padilla begins push for federalism, other charter changes

Senator-elect Robin Padilla attends a briefing on legislative process at the Senate of the Philippines on Tuesday, June 14 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Robinhood Padilla, an ardent supporter of the previous Duterte administration, made good on one of his consistent campaign promises and revived the push for federalism in Congress with a resolution Thursday. 

In filing Senate Resolution No. 6, Padilla made his case by pointing to what he said was the centralization of both political and economic capital in and around the National Capital Region. 

The measure urges the Senate committee on constitutional amendments, which Padilla chairs, to study and revise codes that should be changed in the 1987 Constitution. The committee did a similar study on charter change during the 18th Congress.

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