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Senator questions timing of Cha-cha

SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino 'Koko' Pimentel 3rd questioned the timing of Charter change (Cha-cha) and the inclusion of foreign ownership of land in the move to amend the 1987 Constitution.

The senator, in a television interview on Monday, rejected what he called a 'rider provision' in the so-called economic Cha-cha that will allow foreigners to own land in the Philippines.

SENATE Minority Leader Senator Aquilino "Koko Pimentel 3rd. Photo from Senate PRIB SENATE Minority Leader Senator Aquilino "Koko Pimentel 3rd. Photo from Senate PRIB
SENATE Minority Leader Senator Aquilino "Koko Pimentel 3rd. Photo from Senate PRIB