The Charter Change train has significantly moved in the House of Representatives on Monday with the House panel approving Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.’s House Resolution 1 which lifts the Constitutional limit on foreign ownership of certain utilities.

Voting 24 to 2 with one abstention, the House Committee on Constitutional amendments tossed Belmonte’s Resolution for plenary debates which marked the second time in Congress’ history that a proposal to amend the Constitution hurdled the Committee level.

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