Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III moved to suspend his interpellation on the controversial MIF bill, but Sen. Mark Villar said it was his right as bill sponsor to object to the motion and instead terminate the period of interpellations.
This prompted the Senate to vote on the pending motions of Villar and Pimentel.
He cited Section 71B of the Senate rules, which states that sponsorship by the committee chairman, or by any member assigned by the panel, is among the list of adoptable procedures of the chamber in its consideration of bills and joint resolutions. Zubiri likewise referred to Section 71B of the Rules of the Senate – a justification that still left Pimentel unconvinced.
“To be fair to me, I’ve really endeavored to make sure that I answer [the questions] to the best of my ability. Now, I feel it’s my right that I’d like to exercise,” he said.But, for now, he appealed: “Let us move this much-needed legislation forward.”
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