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QUESTION!

On March 16, 2017, Maka-Kaliwa (MKK) started gathering signatures for the purpose of changing the 1987 Philippine Constitution. After a year, MKK filed a petition before the Commission on Election (COMELEC) to urge the latter to conduct a plebiscite that will ratify their initiative petition to change the 1987 Philippine Constitution pursuant to the Initiative and Referendum Act.

MKK was able to obtained 8,537,026 signatures which represent more than 12% of all registered voters in the country, with each legislative district represented by at least 3% of its registered voters. The COMELEC had verified the signatures of the 8.5 million individuals.

The petition changes certain provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, particularly the form of government. Decide.