⚠️ Madam Lowren Legarda, hindi ka lang mali sa legal opinion mo, in ESTOPPEL ka din.
Pitong (7) beses ka naging parte ng session na ang quorum na ginamit ay 12.
You did not object in plenary nuon. You did not file a case in court nuon.
Tapos ngayon ngangawa ka!
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Statement ng Senate Minority Bloc (SB 11): They (majority bloc) did not even have the courtesy to inform us when they ignored the rules, and could not extend the basic decency of telling the minority that they had no intention of convening. @dzbb
Remember all those Senators who failed to go to work today because they accompanied a person who got arrested for PLUNDER not once but THRICE in 25 years.
ERWIN TULFO yesterday was a brilliant class on how to reach the public through mass communications. He used his skill and talent well. Keep fighting for what is true, just, equitable and fair. 👏
THE SENATORS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES: Vicente Sotto III, Ana Theresia Hontiveros-Baraquel, Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, Francis Pancratius Pangilinan, Erwin and Rafael Tulfo, Manuel Lapid, Sherwin Gatchalian, Panfilo Lacson, Joseph Victor Ejercito and Juan Miguel Zubiri.
MAGING MATALINO!
HUWAG IBOTO ANG MGA ITO EVER!!
JOEL VILLANUEVA
JINGGOY ESTRADA
CHIZ ESCUDERO
MARCOLETA
CAMILLE VILLAR
MARK VILLAR
IMEE MARCOS
ROBIN PADILLA
ALLAN PETER CAYETANO
PIA CAYETANO
LOREN LEGARDA
BATO DELA ROSA
BONG GO
Nah, man. If you look at it, sobrang chef’s kiss ng composition ng new minority.
Veteran senators in Senators Kiko, Tito, Bam, Risa, JV, Ping, Win, and JV.
Two of the newer ones who happen to be good at speaking when needed and have the spine to stand up in the Tulfo brothers.
You have a lawyer in Sen. Kiko, a former PNP chief in Sen. Ping, two members of the media in the Tulfo brothers, a statesman who is focusing on education in Sen. Bam, a Mindanao representation in Sen. Migz, the former SP in Sen. Sotto, a good committee head in Sen. Win, and a progressive in Risa Hontiveros.
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.
The minority walked out so that the Senate has no quorum while Sen Tito moved to ajourn. Otherwise, criminal senators would have been able to vote while incarcerated or in hiding. I’m so relieved we have these 11 fighting for us.
Ten gentlemen and One MOTHER