Press Release - Privilege Speech of Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan
Press Release Good afternoon Mr. President, I rise on a matter of personal and collective privilege. In last Wednesday's session here in the Senate, during the interpellations on the bicameral conference committee report on the 2021 National Budget, Senators Ralph Recto, Frank Drilon, and Dick Gordon, among others, asked a series of pointed questions on the 72.5-billion-peso budget allocation for the purchase of Covid vaccines and the government's rollout plan. Questions such as the following: How safe are the vaccines? How much funds will be needed to vaccinate 70 percent of the population a...
Source: senate.gov.ph