the real motive behind Cha-cha proposals is for the president to stay in power.

address the country’s economic crisis instead of prioritizing amendments to the Constitution. 

government should be addressing unemployment, low wages, poverty and hunger. Nothing in Charter Change or the Constituent Assembly are aimed at addressing these issues. Not even the so-called amendments in the economic provisions in the Constitution will be beneficial for the people,

1) to avoid chaos in the country; (2) there is no need to amend the 1987 Constitution because it is good enough; (3) to prevent term extensions for government officials; (4) to prevent extending the term of office of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; and (5) the belief that constitutional amendments will not change the economic conditions in the country anyway.