Outgoing President Roa Duterte, who had previously advocated for a constitutional change to the 1987 Constitution, encouraged the next president to convene either a Constitutional Assembly (ConAss) or a Constitutional Convention (ConCon).

“Itong party-list kailangang alisin na ito ng kung sinong magpresidente ngayon na papasok,” Duterte stated on Thursday during his Talk to the People speech.

“Ako, I recommend the abolition of itong party-list. Ginagamit e,” he added.

 “It would be as good as any other time to initiate whether to convert Congress into a constituent body or a magtawag ng constitutional convention, which is very expensive to do,” he said.

Previously, Duterte chastised the affluent for using the country’s party-list system to fight for their interests in Congress.

He has previously criticized several party-list organizations as being related to the communist movement.