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Aug 23, 2005

GMA decrees ConCom

Fel V. Maragay and Romie E. Evangelista
Manila Standard

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has seized the initiative to set up a parliamentary-federal system by creating a 50-man Consultative Commission that will propose amendments to the 1987 Constitution.

The President yesterday signed Executive Order 453 forming the ConCom that will recommend the changes in the fundamental law in consultation with various sectors of society.

The ConCom was given only three-and a-half months…

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