Mga kongresista, iginiit na wala silang kinalaman sa isyu ng umano’y kudeta sa Senate leadership
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00:00 Congressmen have rejected the positive response of some senators in their resolution of both houses number 7
00:08 regarding the amendment of the economic provisions of the Constitution.
00:12 The House of Representatives also insisted that this is the only way to get the attention of the Senate
00:17 rather than controversies like the one of Umanoy and Cudita in their own house.
00:22 This is what Mela Las Moras wrote.
00:25 Congressmen have rejected the false allegation that the issue of Cudita came from the House of Representatives.
00:33 In a press conference, the same PBA Partylist Representative Migs Nugrales,
00:39 One Rider Partylist Representative Roger Cheres,
00:42 and Lanao del Sur First District Representative Zia Alonto Adjong were both denied the same allegations.
00:47 Although they are co-equal bodies, the House and Senate have their own decisions and directions
00:52 so they don't know why they are involved in the issue.
00:56 First, the senators who have a Cudita or a change of leader are rejected.
01:02 We don't know why they keep on tagging us every time there's an issue coming up.
01:08 We respect the independence, I mean, yeah, the independence of our co-equal branch, the Senate.
01:14 This is entirely up to the Senate.
01:16 Why is it that when the Senate is fighting, we are still the ones who are at fault?
01:21 The House of Representatives has nothing to do with the Senate's will in terms of their leadership.
01:28 They have their own internal rules. We respect their rules.
01:31 We respect who they want to place as their leader.
01:35 According to some quarters of the Senate, we are just congressmen.
01:39 We are very strong if we can influence the upper chamber.
01:44 Instead of controversy, the congressmen in the Senate called for attention to their leadership.
01:48 They called for attention to their resolution of both houses number 6,
01:53 especially now that the chamber has a resolution of both houses number 7.
01:57 Both RBH 6 and RBH 7 have the same content,
02:01 which is to remove some economic provisions of the Constitution
02:05 in accordance with the wishes of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.
02:08 which is to open and promote our economy.
02:12 In an announcement, Senator Sonny Angara called for a positive development in the chamber.
02:18 Congressmen are happy because it seems that there is light in the issue.
02:23 The House is very, very sincere to work with the Senate in revisiting our Constitution,
02:30 specifically the economic provisions.
02:33 We are happy that the Senate, Senator Angara, has a positive response
02:39 when yesterday the leadership of the House filed RBH 7,
02:44 adopting the version of the Senate.
02:46 It only goes to say that we have been saying for a long time,
02:50 let's work together, let's discuss about the economic provisions in the Constitution.
02:55 It's impossible to have a healthy discussion, a healthy debate,
02:58 rather than dwell so much on name-calling and the "patutyada" and "marites."
03:03 To continue the economic charter change in Congress, Congressman Adjong said
03:09 that the Senate should stop the investigation on the People's Initiative
03:13 because it only covers the good things that the public should know about the economic nonsense.
03:20 In addition, congressmen also expressed their support for a senator
03:24 in the aid for the PIPP,
03:28 and said that they were only given funds for the Military Pension Fund
03:33 and other programs that they spent this year.
03:37 The GAA was signed on December. It's already almost the end of Feb.
03:42 Why is it only now that this is being questioned?
03:46 It shouldn't be, especially during the BICAM.
03:49 If there are really irregularities, this should have been raised as early as the discussions.
03:54 And why is this being questioned now, at a time of great issue?
03:59 What's scary here is that in every aid we give to the people,
04:04 including the work of public officials, public servants,
04:10 why is it being related to the People's Initiative?
04:13 Is it prohibited for us to give help to the people?
04:17 And will we do bad things by giving good things to the people?
04:23 Congressmen said that they are still open to any discussion or debate with senators
04:29 to make the discussions clear, especially regarding the Charter Change.
04:34 Despite the various issues that congressmen are discussing,
04:39 they learned to notice the most important and most important step for our fellow countrymen.
04:46 Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.