Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has admitted that the current 'word war' between leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate on Charter Change (Cha-cha) is kind of embarrassing.
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. tells leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate to settle their differences on Charter-cha privately, noting that it's embarrassing to publicly quarrel on the matter.
He was referring to the tit-for-tat going on between Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez and the latter’s fellow Cha-cha advocates like House Committee on Constitutional Amendments Chairman and Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez. "The heads of the chambers of the lawmaking body are quarelling before the public. Dapat e veteran legislators kami, kung ano man ang pinagkakaiba ng opinyon, settle privately ," Barzaga said, adding that parliamentary courtesy should be observed.
Rodriguez has said Zubiri’s allegation was "unfair" to House members, especially the Speaker, who has taken exception to Zubiri's allegations that the House railroaded the passage of the measures calling for a costitutional convention ."Hindi namin kasalanan 'yun ...
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