ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS FORMER Chief Justice Hilario Davide has nothing but praises for the 1987 Constitution, a document prepared by a 50-member commission, all appointed by then President Corazon Aquino. Yet, one has to ask if one can call as almost perfect a document that appears to have escaped serious editing, proofreading, and technical consistency review, that it did not define clearly whether a bicameral Congress should vote jointly or separately when it convenes as a constituent assembly or Con-Ass. But it is also not the fault of the Constitution if the attempt to revise it through the Con-Ass route is practically dead in the water, at least for now. It is also the fault of the...
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