Congress drooling over ‘pay-to-play’ charter

A LITTLE over a week ago, the House of Representatives quietly approved on second reading (curiously, without any objection from the noisy minority and progressive blocs) a resolution amending the so-called restrictive provisions of the 1987 Constitution supposedly aimed at boosting foreign investments in the country.

Some of our friends and colleagues referred to the proposed measure a “legacy legislation” likening it to a prized inheritance to be transmitted by lawmakers to their children as future legislators. We, on the other hand, would rather call the House resolution for what it really is – a treacherous exercise at transforming the country’s charter into a “pay-to-play” Constitution.