MANILA, Philippines — Amendments to the 1987 Constitution should not be done “on a whim,” a “wary” Senator Grace Poe said Thursday, adding that “tinkering” with the Charter should “always be our last resort.”
“I am personally wary of a piecemeal revision of the Constitution. It is a living document which holds the aspirations of the people. It should only be revised under the strictest of scrutiny for the right reasons,” Poe, chairperson of the Senate public services committee, said in a message shared with reporters.
“You don’t just change it on a whim, especially now that everyone is fearful of a creeping invasion [on] our shores. Tinkering with the Constitution s…
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