Senate Minority Chief Franklin Drilon. (Display screen seize/Senate PRIB)
MANILA, Philippines — Not like within the Home of Representatives with its over 300 members, the 24 senators can’t disguise behind the numbers.
So stated Senate Minority Chief Franklin Drilon when he shared on Friday some tricks to neophyte senators becoming a member of the nineteenth Congress.
As up to now, the veteran senator suggested newbies to review and observe first the traditions within the Senate.
“Sa akin po dapat magazine aral sila dahil po yung Senado ay parang aquarium, 24 lang sila at ang buong bansa ang nakatingin lalo na ngayong could social media…” Drilon instructed reporters when requested for his recommendation to beginner senators.
“The 24 senators could be straightforward to observe as contrasted within the Home the place there are over 300. You’ll be able to disguise underneath the numbers there. Within the Senate, you’ll be able to’t do this,” he identified.
Additionally as a part of the educational curve, Drilon stated the neophytes ought to first observe the traditions within the Senate.
One rule within the Senate, for instance, is {that a} senator can’t vote if she or he just isn’t within the session corridor.
Drilon recalled a senator who complained why he was not allowed to vote whereas he was within the Senate lounge.
“So in an important vote you have to be bodily current,” stated the senator, whose time period expires on June 30. “These are the issues that you simply study from precise expertise as a result of generally, there are events that one vote would make a distinction.”
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, nonetheless, sure guidelines of the Senate have been amended to permit the digital holding of plenary periods and committee hearings in addition to voting.
Three neophyte senators— Robin Padilla, Raffy Tulfo and Mark Villar— are becoming a member of the subsequent Congress, which is able to open in July.
/MUF
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