Zubiri slams congressmen who accused senators of showboating in aid of re-election
This was the response of Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri to the congressmen who accused the Upper Chamber and its members of showboating in aid of re-election in 2022 after they ratified the proposed “Bayanihan to Recover as One” Act .Zubiri rejected as “ridiculous” the statements made by some of their counterparts in the House of Representatives after they ratified last Thursday the so-called Bayanihan 2 bill.
Zubiri commented to a joint statement issued by Deputy Speaker Dan Fernandez, Anakalusugan party-list Rep. Mike Defensor and other congressmen who claimed that the senators “[took] turns [in] shaming” the final version of the Bayanihan 2. “It is clear as daylight that these pathetic senators have been seized by political schizophrenia in slyly positioning way ahead of the 2022 elections at the expense of the House of Representatives. This is showboating in aid of re-election,” Fernandez added.
“Please tell us, Mr. Congressmen, in which statement did we say that the bill was never up to standards? Please give, show me the exact quote because after the review of the video there were no insinuations made,” Zubiri said. “There is nothing wrong to mention during our sponsorship of the measure that the amendments were born out of advocacy and with no personal gain whatsoever,” he said.
In an interview with DWIZ, Sen. Sonny Angara, Senate finance committee chair and sponsor of the Bayanihan 2, said he has already talked to Cayetano.
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