Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Tuesday, August 5 denied reports that the Senate will not allow members of the media to cover the impeachment debates inside the session hall.
This came after some Senate reporters got verbal instructions that the media would not be allowed to enter the plenary hall.
00:00We'd like to clarify reports from the Senate media that verbal instructions were given to them to the effect that they would be limited from covering the session tomorrow.
00:12Ang sabi sa kanila, pwede kayo pero kailangan nakaupo. Eh ang kaso po Mr. President, wala namang upuan so para sa madami nating mga kaibigan sa media, parang hindi sila pinapahintulutan sa session hall, taliwas po sa tradisyon at nakasanayan.
00:33So, mari po bang bigyan ng kalinawan, Mr. President, ang tanong na ito para on the record, madinig na mga kaibigan nating mamamahayag at maiwasan ang kalituhan bukas, Mr. President?
00:45Nay paliwanag na po sa kanila na karoon ng hindi pagkakaunawaan, kaugnay sa pahayag na binigay ng PRIB kanina.
00:51Rektang pinaliwanag yan ang Senate Secretary sa mga membro ng media na hindi totoo, hindi accurate at hindi naunawaan yung naunang sinabi ng PRIB.
01:00So, wala pong ganun. Kung anong meron ngayon, ma'am, available din sa media yun tulad ng ordinaryong araw at session natin.
01:09Salamat, Mr. President. So, ibig sabihin po, nakatayuman sila or nakaupo, ay papayagan po yung Senate media mag-cover sa session natin bukas ng hapon, Mr. President.
01:21Usually members of the media cover the session from the media because from their office there at the media center
01:28because they get to see from all angles, from cameras provided by PRIB, what's going on in the session hall.
01:36They're usually not inside the session hall all the time.
01:39Yes, I understand that, Mr. President. But given the importance of the debate tomorrow afternoon,
01:45kaya ko po hiniling lang ganitong kalinawan na papayagan po silang makapasok at makapag-cover ng session bukas ng hapon, Mr. President.
01:54They can as they usually do, Your Honor, and I don't think there's any reason for us to limit or inhibit that.
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