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.
Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and over 400 villages were destroyed to establish the State of Israel.
The violence perpetrated by Israelis in Siargao today is a litmus test for the Philippine government, both national and local.
Are we going to tolerate this just because they’re tourists?
Why are the local officials so slow and meek in their response? Have they been bribed?
nakakaawa yung asawa nung local kasi binugbog siya malala at maga raw ang kalahati ng face ni ate 😭😭😭
@TourismPHL@DILGPhilippines — ANO NA SOBRANG DAMI NA ATRASO NG MGA PUTANGINANGYAN SA SIARGAO WALA PA RIN NAKIKITANG AKSYON PURO KAYO PRESSCON!!!! 🤬
sinira ng mga israelis ang isang cafe sa siargao na may nakasabit na palestinian flag kahapon at binugbog pa nila ang mga owners!!
NAKAKAGALIT WTF ANO NA WALA MAN LANG BANG GAGAWIN ANG GOBYERNO TUNGKOL DITO?? KAILAN BA IPAPADEPORT TONG MGA SALOT NA’TO!!
i need everyone to realize just how alarming this is. many people of different religions, especially muslim people, have lived in peace in the philippines for decades. by simply allowing them to share a space at any area of our country is already a huge threat in itself.
Israel Zionists now colonizing the Philippines. Our Govt is useless. 😭 just remember most muslims live in peace with us. In years if there will be news of terrorism from Muslim. THIS IS THE starting point. ofc Israel will fake it and cause excuses to rid and abuse locals. F them
Israelis have built a satanic Chabad in the island of Siargao 🇵🇭
Locals are already suffering from the gentrification of the island due to tourism. Now, Israelis might start claiming the island like what they did to Palestine. They are even rude to locals.
Expel Israelis now!
Today is Land Day.
50 years ago today, six un-armed Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and more than 100 were injured during protests against Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land.
Palestinians observe today by holding protest marches and planting olive trees.