A former senator and a lawmaker react to rift over new Senate building construction

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00:00Former Senator Panfilo Lacson was saddened upon hearing about the rift between two senators over the construction of the new Senate building.

00:08Lacson was a former Accounts Committee chair when he was still a senator,

00:12but despite the misunderstanding, he feels the upper chamber was right in conducting a hearing on the matter as public funds are involved.

00:21Meanwhile, for Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, it would be best if the two lawmakers involved talk about what happened.

00:28Although he considers dialogue to be important, he also believes it is important to determine

00:32where government funds are being used and also agree with the idea of finding ways to minimize expenditure if possible.