A list with more than 5,000 signatures of Bacolod City voters supporting the people's initiative for charter change was submitted to the Commission on Elections in Bacolod City for verification yesterday, Provincial COMELEC supervisor Daisy Real said.

Real, however, said she asked the persons who submitted the list to re submit it today with the required cover letter. She said the list did not include signatures from all of the barangays of Bacolod City and she was told that more were to come from Barangay Alijis.

Real said signatures were also submitted for verification in Victorias City.

Earlier, signatures were also submitted for verification at the COMELEC offices in Escalante City, and Calatrava, La Castellana, Isabela, Pulupandan, Binalbagan and Cauayan towns, she said. Presidential Spokesman Ignacio Bunye yesterday said opposition to the people's initiative in amending the Constitution is driven by fear of the politicians that it is a one-way ticket to lose their grip on power.

"Those opposed to true constitutional reforms are being exposed for what they are. They brand anything that threatens them as illegal despite constitutional guarantees that give the people the right to seek amendments to our Constitution," he said in a press statement.

In the first election under a parliamentary system, a senator who wishes to seek a parliamentary seat is likely to battle it out toe-to-toe with the congressman of the district, the press statement said.*CPG

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