THE house of Representatives adopted on Tuesday House Concurrent Resolution 9, which convenes both chambers of Congress into a Constituent Assembly to amend the 1987 Constitution and allow a shift to a federal system of government.

The joint resolution, sponsored on the floor by House Committee on Constitutional Amendments Chairman and Southern Leyte Rep. Roger Mercado, was adopted via viva voce voting among 186 House members.

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