PDSP rejects rush for Cha-cha

THE Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas, which is headed by National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales, yesterday expressed its disapproval for the new attempts in Congress toward changing the Constitution through a constituent assembly.

Atty. Ramel Muria, the party general secretary, said there are more fundamental needs of the country than changing the Constitution, a move that is unpopular and very divisive in the present dispensation as it is widely feared to be a mere ploy for some other political purpose.

Among the more important national concerns, Muria noted, is electoral reforms. In the face of the forthcoming 2010 elections, ensuring that there will be clean and credible elections is the more urgent challenge to the nation and the government, he said.

The PDSP leader clarified, however, that his party remains supportive of charter change done at the right time to effect fundamental political reforms the country needs. PDSP believes that when it is time to change the Constitution, it should be through a Constitutional Convention.

Con-con is the best and the most democratic way of changing our Constitution, Muria stressed.