Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday, February 22, that he favors two successive four-year terms for elected local government officials should the move to amend the Constitution push through.
Local officials are currently allowed three successive three-year terms.
Three years are too short, four years will allow elected officials more solid years to deliver services to their constituents, he said.
The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments approved a resolution of both houses of Congress on Monday calling for a Constitutional Convention (Con-Con).
It proposes that the election of delegates from each legislative district to the Con-Con be set in October 2023, simultaneously with the rescheduled Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
The call for amendments to the Constitution is to make the Philippines become globally competitive and attuned to the changing times, the proponents said.
Lacson said he is favor of amendments to the Constitution that will boost the country’s economy.
Maybe there will be more investors coming in if we amend the part on foreign ownership, he said.*