TWO former chief justices bickered on Wednesday over whether the Charter should be changed, with Hilario Davide Jr. warning that a shift to federalism would be a “leap to hell” and Reynato Puno saying the 31-year-old constitution has been overtaken by globalization.

Davide and Puno were among the resource persons invited to the first public hearing of the Senate on proposed measures to amend the Charter, led by Sen. Francis Pangilinan.

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