Senate President Chiz Escudero holds press briefing ahead of #SONA2024 | ABS-CBN News
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I do not consider them controversial. It will just have to go through the test of the legislative process and the mill.
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I think one is with the committee and one is pending in plenary already.
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That has always been the tradition in the Senate.
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At palagi naman magbanta na.
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Palagi naman sa mahabang panahon maski bahagi ako ng House pa noon 1998 up to 2007.
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Palagi naman talagang mas maraming bill na naipapasa ang Kamara,
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compare sa Senado.
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Compare sa Senado.
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Pero madalas na madalas.
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Ay yung batas o yung versyo na pinapasa ng Senado ang karamihan ay siyang nasusunod
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at kinakatigan ng Kamara dahil mas mahabang oras ang nagugul ng Senado
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Para patalasin, pahusayin, linisin.
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At tiyakin na makakatulong talaga yun sa taong bayan.
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Again, as I said, it will not only be the LEDOC measures,
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but also the measures of the House and of the individual members of the Senate.
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Hindi lang naman kami tigastamp ng approve.
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Gaya na sinabi ko kanina, nagpo-propose din naman kami.
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At marami ding batas na nanggagaling sa Senado at hindi pinanukala lamang ng executive branch.
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It's not a priority for me, and since it was not mentioned in the LEDOC,
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I don't think it's a priority of the LEDOC or the executive either.
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Actually, hindi sa inuna. Sa hinabahaba na sinabi ko. Ikaw naman?
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Ano? Huwag malamig namin.
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I'm sorry? Ba't inuna?
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Hindi ko inuna. Kinailangan lang banggitin.
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Dahil imbis na kulitin nyo ako ngayon, pagkatapos, hindi maganda nang banggitin doon bago.
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Dahil tiyak ko, pahagi din naman yun ang tatanungin ninyo sa akin ngayon o makalawa.
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Well, you've seen it. The cha-cha.
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That's why, in relation to the speech, I mentioned it.
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Right after that.
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For me, debate is never wasted.
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Debate, whatever debates, whatever words spoken, whatever information given during the hearings,
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form part of the records and annals of the Senate,
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and can be called again whenever it is needed or necessary.
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Because often, resource persons invited by the Senate in times past are no longer available
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or may not be available.
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When it is heard again by the Senate in a future Congress.
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But it does not necessarily mean that it will not be tackled.
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I'll give you an example.
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When I was chairman of the Committee on Higher Education, I disagreed with the ROTC.
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But I assigned it to a subcommittee so that it will go through the ordinary process of...
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The ordinary process of legislation.
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Kaya ako umabot sa plenaryo.
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Kaya lang, nag-interpolate ako, syempre.
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At kung dumating sa punto ng botohan, baboto ako laban doon.
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Pero personal na pananaw ko yun.
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Hindi purkit pananaw ko yan, yan na rin ang pananaw ng dalawang put dalawa pang ibang senador.
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Again, I said it before and I'll say it again.
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I do not consider myself primus inter pares.
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I see myself merely as one of 23 trying to guide them to perform their, our respective duties and mandates.
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Again, it will pass through the committee process.
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Let it be taken up in the committee regularly.
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Nagkakaroon lamang naman ng mga special committee, hindi ba?
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Kung may minamadali o kung may concept of interest in chairman.
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Bilang halimbawa nga yung ROTC bill na nag-assign ako ng subcommittee.
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Bilang halimbawa yung RBH bills.
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At bilang halimbawa din, yung mining bill na in-assign sa ibang senador din.
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Upang sa gayon, ay hindi makaroon ng conflict of interest to chairman na si Sen. Castellan.
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Mali yung katanungan, yung premise ng katanungan grupo.
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Ulitin ko, maliban nalang kung may sinasabi sila o may pinanggagalingan ka,
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ang Senado'y binubuo lamang tulad ng sinabi ko sa aking talumpati ng iisang grupo,
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mayorya man o minority.
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Kontra man sila o pabor sa mga individual na panukalang batas na tatalakayan namin.
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Wala akong nakikitang gano'n sa mga susunod na araw at linggo.
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At umaasa ako na walang gano'n.
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At kaya bawasan nyo na rin yung pag-intriga sa bagay ngayon.
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Dahil sa inyo lang naman nagmumula yan sa ngayon at hindi sa kanila.
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Ngayon ha, sa ngayon.
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Then it's not for me to answer that question.
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I don't think that is the case. But again, it's not for me to say.
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Not for me to say again.
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I don't think I'm the person, I'm the right person to ask these questions.
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Darling, kinakamplikan niyo buhay.
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Whether they're in the majority or the minority, they can vote whichever way they want to.
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And you've seen it.
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You've seen members of the minority support an administration and vote for an administration bill.
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You've seen members of the majority vote against an administration bill.
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So to my mind, that is irrelevant.
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Because as I said, each and every member of the Senate, all 23 of us now,
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have their own respective principles and beliefs and will vote according to what they believe is right.
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Regardless of the branding media or anyone else would like to make.
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As majority, minority, administration or opposition,
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each bill will be voted upon by each member individually and always separately, as you have seen as well.
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And they will not be dictated by these titles usually given or recorded to them.
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What's the definition of majority?
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What's the definition of majority in Congress?
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The definition of majority in Congress is it means you voted for the winning Speaker or Senate President.
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The definition of minority is that you voted for another candidate for Senate President or Speaker.
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That is the parliamentary definition.
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Now if you look at what happened in the last session we had when we voted,
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only two took exception to the election of the new Senate President.
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After the vote by acclamation.
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Again, it's not for me.
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It's obvious, right?
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It came from you.
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Go ahead, darling.
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We will follow the schedule that will be agreed upon by the Senate,
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balancing the interest of each and every member to interpolate and debate the provisions,
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and following the timeline as well to make sure it will be approved before the end of the year
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and that the President will be able to sign it before the end of the year.
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Version nila yun.
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Version nila yun.
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Ang importante ay nagkaroon ng kasunduan.
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Unawain ninyo, unawain natin.
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May kanya-kanyang domestic audience, ang China at ang Pilipinas.
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May kanya-kanyang sila siyempre ang versyon at pananaw din.
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Kaugnay sa anumang pag-uusap, ang kasunduan meron sila sa panig at partiko.
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Ang palagi kong papakinggan siyempre ay yung panig ng Pilipinas at hindi anumang panig pa.
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So anumang ang versyon, pananaw at paninindigan ng DFA, kaugnay sa bagay na yan,
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yan ang magiging versyon, paninindigan at pananaw din ng inyong Senado.
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I was not there. It was up for the DFA to clarify it, if at all.
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We were not there. But as best as we can, we will serve as a bridge, as I said earlier,
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over, hindi ako malanong kumanta, as a bridge over these troubled waters
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that we currently have in relation to the West Philippine Sea.
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Ayaw mo lang, nagkasunduan, kahit pa pano.
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Isa naman nag-aawa.
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Hindi, sir, nag-brown water.
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Okay. I think the recommendation of Senator Cayetano is forthcoming this coming August,
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or before the month of August ends.
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So hopefully we will have that, and we will make sure to make it made known and made public,
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not only to the members, but to our people as well.
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No. Kasi unfair naman na mag-price cap kami, tapos hindi tapos,
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parang lang namin niloko yung sarili namin, at hindi rin na ayon sa common sense yun.
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Yung kailangan gastusin upang matapos ng, ayon nga kay Sen. Nancy,
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mas kinapapano yung maganda at hindi naman pangit,
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pero kung kaya namin pababain, papababain namin yun.
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Pero ayoko lang pangunahan kung hanggang magkano.
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Yan ang sinisigap gawin ngayon ng Komite ni Sen. Cayetano.
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Bakit? Hindi ba ba kayo masaya sa ganto? Gusto ba talaga niya lumipad?
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Medyo okay, okay naman.
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It's not. We spent very little on this, actually.
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Most of this were only maintenance work and maintenance jobs and basically rearranging.
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So, hindi ganun kalaki ang ginastos o gagastusin ng Senado para panatilihin din to.
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Yung mga paintings na nakikita nyo, yung mga picture, hiniram lamang yan mula sa National Museum at sa CCP.
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These are merely on loan.
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Practice na rin to para sa atin pag lumipad tayo sa bago nating gusali.
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Huwag na rin tayong gumastos sa painting mula na rin sa kanila on loan.
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Sa dami naman kasi talaga ng taong dumaraan at bumunta rito.
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Hindi ba? Magamit na rin nilang gallery to para ma-display.
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Yung mga painting lang naman nila nakatago lang sa bodega.
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Dagdag pa rito, nag-uusap na rin kami ng National Museum at CCP na pangungunahan nila ang kompetisyon.
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Pareho sa mga dalubhasa at magagaling na mga pintor at sa mga amateur na pintor.
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Para yun na rin ang iti-display natin matapos ng kompetisyon sa bagong building natin.
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It will be thematic, so that it will reflect the dreams and aspirations of the people with their Senate.
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Halimbawa, the Senate now and beyond, what to you is the Senate, what is the Senate and what should be done in the Senate and other topics.
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We will make it topical and the sizes will conform to the walls where we will place the paintings.
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We are always hopeful whenever we resume sessions that we will be.
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But we can only do our best and I can't make any promises and I will not make any promises.
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Dito talaga ito para yung reflection d'
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
