00:00Because Senator Bong Revilla did not allow a virtual visit to the Senate sessions,
00:05the Senate responded, according to Senator Bato de la Rosa.
00:11Revilla had a foot injury back then.
00:13The former Senate President's supporters are against the appointment of Darlene Kaye.
00:22Exactly one week after Senator Meg Subiri resigned as Senate President,
00:27there was a discussion in the Senate session about giving permission to Senator Bong Revilla
00:32to attend the session online.
00:35He was recovering from his foot injury.
00:58I'm referring, Mr. President, to the Honorable Senator Ramon Bong Revilla.
01:04I always see here that there's a lack of wheelchairs.
01:09His foot fell from the operation so he couldn't walk properly.
01:13Senator President Meg Subiri did not agree.
01:16Because aside from not obeying the rules of the Senate, Revilla was also excluded.
01:22The rules are very explicit.
01:24We only amended the rules for online sessions for COVID-infected individuals
01:31or those that have contagious diseases.
01:34COVID, TB, Ebola, you know, things like that.
01:39He attended a political party rally in Manila Polo Club,
01:43was seen by everybody standing beside our President,
01:46and therefore he seems fit to be able to join us.
01:51And he joined us last Wednesday, to be very fair about it.
01:54He did join us last Wednesday.
01:56So I leave it now to the Majority Leader to make the proposition.
02:00I just want to let you, to inform the body.
02:03We're not apologizing here.
02:07This is just a mere consideration.
02:12Who wants to be absent here?
02:15That's why I want to be online.
02:18During our last session, I attended.
02:22I tried.
02:24But my foot got stuck.
02:30So it's okay, Mr. President.
02:32Even if my foot gets stuck here, no problem.
02:36For the country.
02:38During our last session, I attended.
02:41In the end, Senator Bong Revilla was allowed to have virtual attendance
02:45while he was recovering from the operation.
02:47According to Senator Bato de la Rosa,
02:49this is what he meant by Zubiri's plan to make him lose his seat as Senate President.
02:54Trigger, the artists,
02:56Ruben Padilla, Jingoy, the artists,
03:03I am not trying to fend off those who are blaming me.
03:16If that's what they think, that Padilla is also a Soviet,
03:20I just want to share with you the information that this is triggering Senator Meigs to leave.
03:29When the artists got angry.
03:31Zubiri said that he did not stop at the hearing of de la Rosa
03:36is one of the reasons why he lost his seat.
03:39We tried to get Zubiri's statement about this.
03:42But Senator Nancy Binay is the one who will speak for their group called Solid 7
03:48formed by Senators who continue to support her.
03:52In a statement, Senator Binay said
03:55it is weird to think that the reason why he left behind what he called a Senate coup
03:59is because of his leg injury.
04:01Revilla said in the GMA Integrated News
04:04that he should move forward.
04:06An issue can trigger,
04:08but before there is a discussion about his injury,
04:11there are already many problems.
04:13For the GMA Integrated News,
04:15Darlene Cai, Nakatotok, 24 Hours.
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