House leaders urge senators to be more 'empathetic' toward Romualdez

The Manila Times

House leaders urge senators to be more 'empathetic' toward Romualdez  House of Representatives Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales Jr., Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe, Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman, and TGP Partylist Rep. Jose "Bong" Teves Jr. on Tuesday urge the Senate to be more "empathetic" with the House as they protect Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, against attacks by some senators. They also asked who among the 24 senators will support moves to change certain provisions of the 1987 Constitution, while thumbing down a suggestion to push for a plebiscite alongside the 2025 midterm elections.   Video by Red Mendoza  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe   Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net   Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews  #rbh6  #charterchange  #philippines  #politics

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00:00 (speaking in Tagalog)

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00:07 (speaking in Tagalog)

00:10 (speaking in Tagalog)

00:14 (speaking in Tagalog)

00:41 Senator Escudero said that the president should rein in

00:45 House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romuales

00:48 from pushing the People's Initiative.

00:51 While Senator Agaran said that

00:53 (speaking in Tagalog)

00:56 What are your thoughts about this?

01:03 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:06 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:09 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:16 We would like our voters,

01:27 the voters of this country,

01:29 decide on a matter that

01:31 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:33 Yes or no.

01:34 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:35 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:38 You have candidates for national position,

01:45 candidates in local election,

01:48 and you have different groups trying to get elected.

01:52 (speaking in Tagalog)

01:54 We would like to separate it.

01:56 Separate that very important issue,

01:59 present it to our voters

02:01 without any destruction of any

02:03 body running in an election.

02:07 (speaking in Tagalog)

02:10 (speaking in Tagalog)

02:13 So we'll do one single thing

02:37 by presenting it to our people

02:41 in a referendum with only one topic.

02:44 (speaking in Tagalog)

02:47 So, (speaking in Tagalog)

02:57 to really get that voice of the people

03:02 in a referendum, let's separate it.

03:06 (speaking in Tagalog)

03:09 Before the referendum,

03:16 those in favor of amending the economic provisions

03:20 and those against in amending the economic provisions

03:24 can have a healthy debate.

03:26 (speaking in Tagalog)

03:34 At least we are now starting to have that discussion

03:38 which we never had in the past.

03:41 (speaking in Tagalog)

03:45 Going back, (speaking in Tagalog)

03:50 Asian countries, (speaking in Tagalog)

03:55 (bell dinging)

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