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Lagdameo: No to cha-cha now
30 May 2006 - Charter Change is needed but not the way it is proposed now, Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) President Archbishop Angel N. Lagdameo said Tuesday.
Lagdameo made the statement to clarify reports saying that the CBCP has extended its full support for the planned scheme.
He said that it should be better if it should be done thru a constitutional convention, "where the people will elect the members of the convention."
"But again, this convention would be better done after the elections of 2010," he said.
The archbishop also said that they do not want "incumbent leaders" to convert themselves into a constituent assembly.
"There are many good, capable and qualified people who should be in constitutional convention," he added.
Last month, the bishops assailed the signature campaign on the People's Initiative for Charter Change saying that it was collected without "adequate information, discussion and education."
"The changes that are being proposed for signatures of citizens are dangerously unclear and open to manipulation by groups with self-serving interests," the CBCP said in its pastoral statement.
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