Maturing is realizing that the best reassurance you can give your person in a relationship comes through conversation. When you're going through tough times, shutting down or going quiet only makes them feel unsure. But when you choose to talk things through and work it out together, it helps them feel safe, seen, and wanted.
You cannot invoke the Constitution only when it is convenient.
When you prevent the Senate from functioning as mandated by the Constitution, you violate the Constitution.
When you refuse to convene the Senate for three consecutive days, you violate the Constitution.
Do not dare ask to be rescued by the very Constitution you violated.
He still is the Senate President. This isn’t contested. But until he shows up for work and actually fulfill his duty as presiding officer, Senate President Pro Tempore Win Gatchalian is leading his peers temporarily in his place. The remedy to the situation is within his reach, but he refuses to make the honorable and sensible choice. For the third straight day, the Senate President is holding hostage the other half of the Philippine Congress without regard for the stalled legislation, oversight functions, and constitutional duties.