While the President of the Senate, Ramon Alburquerque, continues to insist that "this is the only opportunity that Congress will have to reform the Constitution," leading political figures are unable to see the urgency. Under guidance from the Senate President, the upper chamber pushed through a 22-point bill to amend the national Constitution. However, leaders of both the PRSC Party, and of Alburquerque’s own PRD party have expressed opposition to the changes. Speaking for the PRSC, Acting President Donald Reid Cabral said that the changes would be "prejudicial" to the welfare of the citizenry. Reid Cabral added that "no has explained the urgency of this measure to me. The Congress can always amend the Constitution." Speaking for the PRD, Acting President Tony Raful said that the Party leadership had no discussed the changes before their approval by the PRD-controlled Senate. Raful, who also serves as Minister of Culture, said that the "moment is not right" for the changes, and that "the society has demonstrated massive opposition to constitutional reform." President Hipolito Mejia has also stated that "this is not the appropriate moment" to make changes.
