JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT
We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.
Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?
Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?
We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.
We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.
At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.
How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?
With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.
The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.
If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.
We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.
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'GANITO NA BA TALAGA KABABA ANG INABOT NG ATING POLITIKA SA PILIPINAS?'
Kinondena ni Sen. Risa Hontiveros ang nangyaring gulo sa Senado noong nakaraang linggo.
"Whether we stand in the minority or in the majority, the Senate as an institution has sustained a profound injury to its dignity, credibility, and moral authority before the Filipino people," ayon sa senadora.
"Hindi na ito political disagreement. Hindi na ito isyu ng kampihan. What should trouble us is the manner by which disagreement is being settled."
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WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR: PAANO NAKAALIS NG SENADO SI BATO?
PANOORIN: Hawak ng PNP ang CCTV kung saan makikitang magkasunod na lumabas sina Sen. Robin Padilla at Sen. Bato Dela Rosa papuntang parking ng Senado noong May 14, 2026.
2:30 AM sa CCTV na kuha sa loob ng Senado, makikita si Sen. Robin Padilla na nauunang naglalakad, kasunod ang isang babae na naka-cap na may dalang mga bag.
2:31 AM makikita si Sen. Bato Dela Rosa na dumaan din sa CCTV na nakasuot ng jacket at cap. Kita rin si Sen. Dela Rosa na lumabas sa CCTV ng parking.
Ayon sa official report na nakuha ng GMA News mula sa isang mapagkakatiwalaang source, 2:30 AM umalis si Sen. Bato Dela Rosa sa Senado.
2:32 AM lumabas ang isang puting Fortuner sa Senado, batay sa video ng GMA News.
2:35 AM naman ang time out ni Sen. Robin Padilla batay sa logbook ng Senado.
Lumabas din ang puting sasakyan na may tatak na PNP bandang 3:03 AM. Kinumpirma ni Pasay Police Chief PCol. Joselito De Sesto na siya ang sakay ng puting police vehicle pero mariin niyang itinanggi ang mga alegasyon sa social media na may inescortan silang personalidad.
Courtesy: PNP
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