The House of Representatives will proceed with its debates on amending the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution even without a concurrent Resolution from the Senate, House leaders said on Thursday.

This developed despite former Chief Justice Reynato Puno’s warning to Congress against pursuing Speaker Feliciano Belmonte’s Jr.’s House Resolution 1 to remove restrictions on participation of foreigners in the country’s economy.

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