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House lawmakers rap Escudero over dig at Speaker

Manila Rep. Rolando Valeriano and Bataan Rep. Geraldine Roman react to the statement of Senate President Francis Escudero that the members of the House of Representatives cater to the whims of Speaker Martin Romualdez. Both lawmakers said they were independent minded and did not allow themselves to be dictated on what the House leadership wanted them to do.

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Transcript
00:00So, yung boto ko sa impeachment, boto ko ng Distrito dos ng Manila yun.
00:04At napatunayan naman yun noong nakaraang eleksyon, ako po ay nanalo muli sa ikatlong pagkakataon.
00:10Lamad po.
00:11So, sir, binidiktahan po ba kayo ni Speaker?
00:14Never po. Ako sa party ko, biran-biran kami magkita ni Speaker.
00:19Actually, nakita kami ni Speaker dito lang po sa plenary.
00:22Never po kami nagkakausap ng personal.
00:25Pero, hindi naman dapat na onion skin pagka nasa ganito kang ano eh.
00:30Si Trabaho.
00:31Sir, naman yung diversionary tactic na isi si Kaisnika Romualde,
00:35so, kung mga pagkulig sa kay President Escudero, saan tala sa impeachment ni si Kaisnika?
00:39Hindi ko po alam, pero as far as I am concerned,
00:44yung move ko sa impeachment, yun ay ayon doon sa dikta ng mga constituency ko.
00:52Siguro po, siguro kung mali yung perma ko roon, baka natalo ko noong nakaraang eleksyon.
00:57Sir, na naramdaman niyo po sa ugong na may kumakalat nga pong resolution to dismiss po itong impeachment case?
01:03Ah, hindi ko pa nakikita yung resolution at hindi ko rin alam kung totoo yun o hindi.
01:08Pero, pwede bang sama bang i-dismiss ng Senado without holding a trial itong impeachment complaint?
01:14So, mandato ng Senado siguro na dapat i-hear nila yung impeachment.
01:18Sir, ano yung message sa mga Senators? Message ko sa Senaib?
01:22Well, hopefully, hopefully, masimulan na yung impeachment.
01:26Intayin natin kung ano ang desisyon ng Senado.
01:30So, I do not think merong basihan ang sinabi ni SP.
01:33She is Escudero, with all due respect.
01:36Your message, panawagan sa Senado?
01:38Just follow the Constitution.
01:41Wala naman nagsasabi na dapat i-convict ang ating Vice President.
01:46Wala naman nagsasabi na dapat i-equit.
01:49But the impeachment case is already there.
01:53And we cannot pretend it does not exist.
01:56And more importantly, we cannot pretend that the Constitution mandates
02:01that the Senate should constitute itself as an impeachment court, forthwith.
02:07Nag-iintay pa rin po kami.
02:08I would just invite our good SP, she is, to focus on what could be done.
02:16And to focus on following what the Constitution states.
02:20Above all of the rules that the Senate may want to come up with
02:25is the Constitution of our land.
02:28At ito po dapat ang mangibabaw.
02:30More than any Senate rule, ang ating Constitution ay malinaw naman.
02:36E, simple lang naman eh, nanumpa po kami when we took office
02:40to uphold the Constitution.
02:42Let us uphold the Constitution of this Republic.
02:46I'm not a mind reader.
02:48I really do not know what the intentions of SP, she is Escudero are.
02:53But based on what the recent decisions of the Senate leadership have been,
03:01e, parang, I really do not understand.
03:03Ako lang naman to, hindi ko nangunawaan, at pilit ko pa rin inuunawaan,
03:08before June 2 na yung reading ng Articles of Impeachment,
03:12we move to the last session day,
03:15and, uh, nagtataka lang naman ako.
03:17I want to be enlightened.
03:19And I think it would be best for the Senate to come up with a very,
03:24very logical or acceptable explanation to the Filipino people
03:29why they do not want to mind our Constitution.
03:49and, uh, nagtataka lang naman ako.
04:03And I think it would be best for the Senate to come up with a very,
04:07very logical or effective in the Senate.
04:09And I think it would be best for the Senate to come up with a very,
04:13very logical or effective in the Senate to come up with a very,
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