Senators on Wednesday questioned the House of Representatives' renewed push for amendments to the 1987 Constitution next year.

Citing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s previous pronouncements on the issue, Senator Imee Marcos reiterated that the planned revival to discuss charter change is not a priority of her brother's administration.

"Why are they pushing for it? PBBM has already said that this is not the time for that because the focus is on people's livelihood, and lowering the prices of commodities," she said.

"It was also rejected twice by the Senate. Why are they pushing for it? Why are they being overly pushy?" she added.

On Tuesday, Speaker Martin Romualdez announced that the House of Representatives would push for charter change next year which focus will be on removing the "restrictive" economic provisions in the charter.

"I believe 2024 will allow us again to revisit the whole issue of the constitution because I think it's timely that we revisit and I say we'd like to focus very much on the economic provisions," Romualdez said.

He noted that revisiting the 1987 Constitution "would be our legacy in the 19th Congress."

In March, the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading of House Bill 7352, which calls for a constitutional convention or con-con to amend the Constitution.