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'AD HOMINEM'
Sen. Erwin Tulfo raised a point of order against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta during a debate on allowing senators to join sessions virtually, calling out the lawyer-lawmaker for making personal attacks after he told Sen. Risa Hontiveros that she "doesn’t have a legal background.”
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JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT
We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.
Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?
Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?
We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.
We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.
At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.
How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?
With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.
The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.
If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.
We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.
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For Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, there is no need for an arrest warrant from a Filipino judge in order to effect an arrest for cases under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Caguioa said this in his 20-page concurring opinion in favor of the High Court’s denial of Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) and/or status quo ante order (SQAO) in connection with his possible arrest based on the ICC arrest warrant.
READ: gmanetwork.com/news/topstorie…
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JUST IN: The Office of the Ombudsman asked the Sandiganbayan to issue Precautionary Hold Departure Orders (PHDO) against Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, former Quezon City Rep. Michael Defensor, and businessmen Aristotle Viray and Joseph Espiritu. | via @KaxandraSalonga
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JUST IN: The Senate elects the following senators from the majority bloc as members of the powerful Blue Ribbon Committee, chaired by Senator Pia Cayetano:
Vice chairperson - Senators Rodante Marcoleta and Jinggoy Estrada
Members - Senators Bong Go, Robin Padilla, Mark Villar, Camille Villar, Chiz Escudero, and Imee Marcos
WATCH: youtube.com/watch?v=4m735q…
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@titobi_abunda Magpapa last na naman C1 para sa kanila si Angel 😂
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Mas mabigat yung draft next year.
#1 Overall Pick between Canino and Laput.
Tapos may De Leon, Provido, Ellarina, Petallo , Maaya, Jardio, Alinsug, Jurado, Carballo, Reyes ka pa.
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Future ICC warrants of arrest to be enforced immediately – Palace trib.al/U6fHwH4
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“ENRILE SURRENDERED. DE LIMA SURRENDERED. BATO SLIPPED OUT AT 2:30 A.M.”
On #ABOGADO, Former Senate President Franklin Drilon contrasts past senators who faced arrest warrants with the controversial exit of Sen. Bato dela Rosa from the Senate.
Drilon recalls former senators and submitted themselves to legal process despite questioning the charges against them.
He says the latest incident—where Bato allegedly left the Senate at 2:30 a.m. while supposedly under “protective custody”—stands in sharp contrast to past practice and has damaged the institution’s credibility.
Drilon also lamented what he described as the decline of the Senate’s prestige, saying nothing comparable had happened in its history and warning that the chamber may struggle to recover the stature it once held during the era of and other legal giants.
FULL DISCUSSION: youtu.be/mhXx5U2oTpw
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🚨Marcoleta’s Loophole Just Backfired: The P75M Blindspot is Now a Plunder Case! 💸
1. *Akala niya yata nakalusot na siya nung ni-clear siya ng Comelec,* but Marcoleta’s P75 million "technicality" just blew up in his face!
By admitting he accepted millions from private donors *before* the official campaign period to escape an election offense, he practically handed the Ombudsman the ultimate blueprint for a **Plunder case (RA 7080)**.
Talk about playing yourself! 🤡
2. The legal math here is absolutely brutal because *lahat ng elements, swak na swak*:
**Public Officer:** He was an incumbent congressman holding major legislative power.
**The Loot:** A massive ₱75 million total—well over the ₱50 million plunder threshold—split between Mike Defensor (₱30M), Joseph Espiritu (₱25M), and Aristotle Viray (₱20M).
**The Overt Acts:** Repeatedly pocketing multi-million "donations" from private individuals isn't "generosity," *gurl*— that is textbook indirect bribery and a violation of PD 46.
3. What makes this so deliciously ironic is that the evidence is ironclad dahil galing mismo sa kanya!
Investigators don't even have to dig hard; they have his own Verified Position Paper admitting to the ₱75M, the Donor’s Tax Returns, bank slips, and his own loud mouth in television interviews.
4. This is a massive warning shot to every traditional politician trying to manipulate their SOCEs.
You can't just declare "zero donations" to the Comelec and think you're safe.
If you're a public official accepting sacks of millions in the shadows, it’s no longer an election loophole, but it’s a one-way ticket to a plunder conviction.
Get your🍿ready!
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