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6(a)
Congress
(as a
Constituent Assembly
)
Constitutional Convention
Limitation on Initiative
: Noamendment in this manner shallbe authorized (1) within 5 yearsfollowing the
ratification of the1987 Const. nor (2) more often thanonce every 5 years thereafter.(ii)
Enabling Law
: Constitutionalprovision on amendments via
Peoples Initiative not self
-executory [
Defensor-Santiago v.COMELEC, 270 SCRA 170 (1997)