“We invited them to attend several public hearings called by the Senate Committee on Defense and Security last year but they did not show up,” Lacson said. | CMRamosINQ
In actual fact, we invited them to attend several public hearings called by the Senate Committee on Defense and Security last year but they did not show up. Now that both houses of Congress have approved the measure on final reading, they resort to disinformation.The Senate panel, headed by Lacson, conducted public hearings on the proposed measure in the latter part of 2019.
“Dapat nagpahayag sila ng kanilang mga saloobin nung nagpa-public hearing kami. Ang haba noon. Inimbitahan namin sila, ayaw nila magpunta. Para [sana] marinig yung kanilang side, tutal public hearing naman ‘yon,” he said in an online interview with reporters. “Nang inimbitahan namin ang mga progressive bloc, the likes of Chel Diokno and human rights advocates, di sila nagpunta. I think at least dalawang beses namin sila pinadalan ng invitation,” he added.Lacson said officials from the Commission on Human Rights , members of the academe, including UP professors and study groups, went to the hearings and presented their position on the bill.that this would spur human rights violations and suppress dissent.
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