CHARTER change cleared its first hurdle on Wednesday after the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments approved a proposed resolution calling for a Constituent Assembly to speed up the process of amending the 1987 Constitution.

The panel voted to adopt the Constituent Assembly mode, in which the House and the Senate directly propose the amendments, rather than call for a Constitutional Convention that will require a nationwide election of delegates.

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