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.
Adulting advice??? Use your weekend to go out, treat yourself and enjoy being alone. Learn how to make yourself enough for you without needing someone by your side. Make yourself your one and only partner that no matter what will always be there for you.
Basta you have to stop being available to unavailable people, stop giving so much of yourself to people who cannot even identify who they are. Sa kakahabol mo sa tao, ikaw naman yung nawalan. Always remind yourself to stop giving anything to anyone who can't reciprocate.
THE KIDS ON THEIR PARENTS’ SHOULDERS OMG 😭 2NE1 REALLY IS FOR ALL AGES!!! and the fact that most bjacks didnt even know abt this event so the crowd ended up being mostly casuals makes it even more insane… they really pull in everyone without even trying
I am greatful and blessed to be alive with pleasure. Long enough to witness the marks I make and things I create blossom.
제가 코첼라에 초대받고 이 자리에 멤버들을 꼭 초대하고 싶었던 이유는 너무 늦어지기 전에 나의 힘으로, 우리의 힘으로 모이고 싶었기 때문이에요.
Ito ang problema ng maraming mambabatas.
Hindi nila alam ang batas. Our lawmakers are the law breakers.
Mula sa Bawal Bastos Law hanggang sa Anti-Plunder Act o Anti-Graft & Corrupt Practices Act. Kaya bastos na, ang marami - magnanakaw pa.
I won’t rewind the clock. Some moments are meant to stay where they ended. Some things won’t ever be the same, and that’s okay. I’m choosing to accept what was, let go of what isn’t, and make peace with whatever comes next.
FOURever will remain with me.♠️