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Quezon City, Metro Manil pore. 29 JUN 208

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Seventeenth Congress BY:
First Regular Session

488 RERSTRATION UNIT
HOUSE BILL. NO. 425 | puis ana isoex SERVICE

Introduced by the Honorable Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Almost three decades had already passed since the people ratified the
current Constitution through a plebiscite on February 2, 1987, It has become
apparent that the time has come for the people to revisit the current
Constitution to implement changes that would be responsive to the current
needs of the nation.

During my time as a legislator and as a chief executive, | have advocated
for constitutional reform to enable our country to adapt to the shifting
political and economic landscape.

In view of the Concurrent House Resolution Calling for a Constitutional
Convention approved by two-thirds of both Houses of Congress, voting
separately, I call upon my colleagues to answer the call for constitutional
reform by joining me in this legislative measure to implement the said

Concurrent House Resolution.
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HOUSE uF REPRESENTATIVES:

Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

Sixteenth Congress REGISTRATION UNIT
Second Regular Session BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE

HOUSE BILL NO. 486

Introduced by the Honorable Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

AN ACT IMPLEMENTING HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
NO. 01_ CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,
PROVIDING FOR ITS COMPOSITION AND OTHER DETAILS

RELATING TO THE HOLDING THEREOF.

SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the Constitutional
Convention Act of 2016.

SECTION 2. Congress to convene in ten days upon approval of the
Concurrent House Resolution - Within ten (10) days following the approval by
at least two-thirds of each House of Congress, voting separately, of the
Concurrent House Resolution calling for a Constitutional Convention, the
Senate and the House of Representatives shall convene separately for the
purpose of electing twenty four (24) delegates to the Convention.

SECTION 3. Delegates from the Senate - The Senate shall elect from
among its members twelve (12) delegates, who shall not be deemed to have
vacated their seats upon their election as delegates, provided that they shall
receive no compensation for being delegates to the Convention.

SECTION 4. Delegates from the House of Representatives - The House of
Representatives shall elect from among its members twelve (12) delegates,
who shall not be deemed to have vacated their seats upon their election as
delegates, provided that they shall receive no compensation for being
delegates to the Convention.


SECTION 5. Manner of filling vacancies, congressional delegates - Any
vacancy due to death, permanent disability, or resignation of a delegate
elected from the Senate or the House of Representatives shall be filled by the
House concerned within ten (10) days from such vacancy.

SECTION 6. Appointive delegates - Within ten (10) days upon the calling
of the Constitutional Convention, the President shall promulgate an executive
order providing, among others, the manner by which twenty four (24)
delegates shall be appointed from various sectors of society. The executive
order shall specify the procedure for the conduct of public consultations for
the purpose of determining the sectors from which the appointive delegates
shall be chosen from.

SECTION 7. Qualifications, disqualifications, and salaries of the
appointive delegates - The delegates appointed by the President from various
sectors of society shall be of recognized probity, independence, nationalism,
and patriotism, and shall be subject to the same qualifications and
disqualifications, and shall receive the same salaries for Members of the
House of Representatives.

SECTION 8. Manner of filling vacancies, appointive delegates - Any
vacancy due to death, permanent disability, or resignation of an appointive
delegate shall be filled by the President from a list of at least three (3)
nominees submitted by the sector from which the delegate to be substituted
came from within ten (10) days from such vacancy.

SECTION 9. Incompatible office, appointive delegates - Any incumbent
government official or employee, whether elective or appointive, including
members of the armed forces and officers or employees of government owned
and/or controlled corporations, who is appointed by the President as a
delegate to the Convention, shall be deemed automatically resigned and shall
not be qualified to run for any public office in any election, or to assume any
appointive office or position in any branch of government, until after the final
adjournment of the Convention.

SECTION 10. Quorum and organization - Unless the Convention
provides otherwise, a majority of its members shall constitute a quorum to do
business, but a smaller number may meet, adjourn from day to day, and


compel the attendance of absent members. The Convention may organize
itself by electing its own officers, creating committees, and adopting rules for
its proceedings.

SECTION 11. Parliamentary immunity - Existing laws relative to
parliamentary immunity shall be applicable to the members of the
Convention, and the protection of its sessions and its committees against
obstructions and disturbances, including the penalties provided for violation
of said laws, shall be applicable to the Convention and to its sessions and
those of its committees.

SECTION 12. Congress to provide personnel and premises - The Senate
and the House of Representatives shall place at the disposal of the Convention
such personnel and premises as may be necessary without detriment to the
operations of both Houses of Congress, and without any additional cost to the
government.

SECTION 13. Submission to the president, holding of a plebiscite - Within
one hundred twenty (120) days from its first session, the Convention shall
submit the revised Constitution to the President, who shall thereafter fix the
date for the holding of a plebiscite. The revised Constitution shall become
valid and effective upon ratification by a majority of the votes cast in such
plebiscite, which shall be held within sixty (60) days following its submission
to the President.

SECTION 14, There is hereby appropriated an amount of Seven
Hundred Million Pesos (P700,000,000,00) for the operations of the
Convention.

SECTION 15. Separability Clause - If for any reason any section or
provision of this Act, or any portion thereof, is declared invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the Act shall not be affected by such
declaration.

SECTION 16.

‘tivity - This Act take effect upon its approval.

Approved,