Espino backs Cha-cha; seeks Senate abolition
URBIZTONDO- Espino manifested his sentiments favoring a Charter change in his speech Tuesday during the inauguration of the newly-built municipal hall and public market of Urbiztondo.
“We need Charter change in order to accelerate the economic development of the country, obtain a lasting peace and put an end to daily rallies by our countrymen,” Espino said.
Espino explained that he is backing up the shift from presidential to parliamentary form of government and the creation of a unicameral legislature in order to put an end to gridlocks that is now happening and resulting into paralysis between the Senate and the House.
He said that legislation process would be a lot faster with only a unicameral legislature, unlike in the present system where the Senate virtually sat down most of the approved bills coming from the House of Representatives.
He cited his own house bill seeking the conversion of the Urbiztondo-Basista highway from provincial to national road which he filed during his first term of office in 2001 but it was never calendared for review by the Upper House.
“If we will have only one chamber, it is easy to pass laws that are urgently needed in the countryside and uplift the conditions of our people,” Espino said. – APE
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