Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian - SP Pro Tempore
Sen. Erwin Tulfo - Committee Chairman on Blue Ribbon
Sen. Kiko Pangilinan - Committee Chairman on Agriculture
Sen. Risa Hontiveros - Committee Chairman on Health
Sen. Bam Aquino - Committee Chairman on Basic Education
TODAY, WE CHEER FOR THE MINORITY 🥹🫶
Absolute disrespect for the Filipino people. What entitlement.
Mag-boycott tayo.
Huwag mag trabaho.
Hayaan natin ang mga nakabinbing panukala.
Mga senador, binabayaran kayo ng taumbayan. Pambabastos ito sa Pilipino.
Wow! Sana all may choices. 😒🙄
Yung ordinaryong Pilipino, walang option. Kinulong agad dahil napagkamalang nanlilimos.
Pero kapag makapangyarihang opisyal na may kasong plunder at graft, may pa-consultation muna?
Dapat patas ang proseso. Walang special treatment, walang VIP lane, walang batas na para lang sa mahihirap.
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.
“Marami sa’tin di narerealize na ganon kafar-reaching ang effect kung mag-away away sila sa senado —— hindi naman sila-sila lang yun di ba, ang epekto non hanggang sa laylayan, hanggang sa magsasaka.”
the hypocrisy is insane. a clown pretending to care about the media when all of this was made for a big stage play. all of this for what? to protect a criminal and serve your own interests. never truly for the people. SINUNGALING!
Someone has to be made accountable for Bato’s escape.
No less than the DILG Secretary and PNP Chief entered the senate building last night to secure the senators.
The public was assured last night Bato was in the “5th foor, in his room, resting”. Bato’s lawyer showed a video last night of Bato supposedly in the senate.
The senate building should’ve been secured last night - no one in, no one out.
We need answers. How did Bato escape? Who helped him?
halos magka-trauma yung mga inosenteng sibilyan para lang maibalita sa bayan kung paano niyo ginagago ang bansang 'to.
ginawa niyong circus ang lahat. you fucking clowns! may balik yan. malala balik niyan.
recent photo ng mga demonyo. this is after the shooting incident, btw.
seeing senators protect bato while regular people would be arrested immediately is exactly why so many filipinos are angry. there’s one law for the powerful and another for everyone else.
protect the media in covering the truth. protect the people who are there to uncover the reality of what’s happening inside the senate.
THE FILIPINO PEOPLE AND THE PHILIPPINES DESERVE A CLEAN SENATE AND GOVERNMENT. ARREST WHO NEEDS TO BE ARRESTED. DO NOT PROTECT THE TRAPOS!
Gunshots inside the Senate and innocent civilians, media personnel, and staff could have been caught in the middle of it all.
Kung peacefully na lang sana sumuko si Bato, this situation could have been avoided. Grabeng kaguluhan ang dinala mo, Bato.