Cong GMA's filed her first resolution

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it's charter change!!!!

kaaalis pa lang gusto na agad bumalik. kailan kaya mamatay buong pamilya niya?

it was co-authored pala with her son Dato Arroyo.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...Charter-change

Arroyo files bill calling for Charter change
By Leila B. Salaverria
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Agence France-Presse
First Posted 14:13:00 07/01/2010

Filed Under: Government, Constitution, Charter change, Politics
MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE) Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo began her first day as a lawmaker by attempting to resurrect Charter change.
Arroyo and her son, Camarines Sur Representative Diosdado Arroyo, co-authored House Resolution 8 which calls for a constitutional convention to propose amendments to or the revision of the 1987 Constitution.
Staff members filed the measure, which if successful, could change the system of government to one ruled by a prime minister rather than a president.
Arroyo also filed a bill to protect all species of sharks and rays in the country, and co-authored seven other bills with her son.
Arroyo's successor, Benigno Aquino III, played down the Charter change initiative, saying she did not have the support in parliament to succeed.
"The filing of the Charter change [resolution] is not a threat as far as we are concerned," Aquino's spokesman Edwin Lacierda told reporters.
"If we are able to convince the members of the house that this is not a valid or a good time to amend the constitution, then that will be dead in the water."
Arroyo, who was required by constitutional term limits to stand down after nearly a decade in power, has long been suspected of wanting to continue leading the country.
She took the unprecedented step for a sitting president of contesting, and winning, a seat in parliament in the May 10 national elections.
Arroyo's critics have accused her of wanting to use her position in parliament as a platform to change the constitution and become prime minister.
During her presidency, Arroyo had frequently said the gridlock arising from the presidency and parliament not agreeing on policy directions was holding back economic progress.
She tried repeatedly to change the constitution, but her initiatives were blocked by the Senate, many of whose members, including Aquino at the time, harbored their own ambitions to the presidency.
Political analyst Ramon Casiple said Arroyo's fresh bid to change the constitution could also be part of her efforts to avoid possible prosecution for alleged crimes committed during her time in power.
Aquino has said he intended to set up a Truth Commission to investigate and possibly prosecute Arroyo for alleged vote rigging, corruption and rights abuses.
A change to another form of government would derail the work of the investigative body, according to Casiple, from the Manila-based Institute for Political and Electoral Reform.
"It's just a matter of time before the... commission starts its work," he said.
Arroyo and her aides could not be reached for comment Thursday.