Published February 22, 2021, 4:40 PM
Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael T. Defensor on Monday, February 22, questioned the leadership of the House of Representatives for the continued delay in carrying out the simple task of referring to the Committee on Justice the impeachment complaint against Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen.
Anakalusugan Party-List Rep. Mike Defensor
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Defensor then learned from the response of the House leadership that despite their regular plenary meeting in compliance with the calendar of session, the Lower House has in effect conducted only three regular sessions since December, 2021.
However, counting the days that congressmen met since the filing of the impeachment complaint on December 7, 2021, 22 session days have actually been conducted.
"There are problems that no human foresight can anticipate. As conditions are never static, so must the fundamental law be freed from the constraint of rigidity. While it is reduced to writing, it should not be devoid of the element of flexibility," Garbin said.
Congressman Alfredo Garbin Jr argues constitutional restrictions on foreign investors gave rise to 'monopolies and oligopolies' by Filipino-owned industries
Published February 21, 2021, 8:19 PM
One of the embedded economic experts in the House of Representatives on Sunday, February 21 defended the leadership’s decision to strongly push for the swift passage of a third sequel of the Bayanihan Act proposing a P420 billion economic stimulus package.
Albay Rep. Joey Salceda (Albay Rep. Joey Salceda’s office / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Albay Rep. Joey Sarte-Salceda, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, said approval of House Bill 8628 or the Bayanihan to Arise as One Act (Bayanihan 3) is a move “in the right direction, particularly the vaccination-linked stimulus.”
“The fact of the matter is we need incentives to move vaccination forward, especially when only 32 percent of Filipinos are willing to take vaccines if the recent Pulse Asia Survey on the matter is correct,” Salceda said.
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