00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. opposes the proposal to allow senators to vote online.
00:06This as senators of the majority block pushed a motion to allow senators to vote in absentia.
00:11I disagree with that. I understand that we had to do it in COVID because there was a health risk.
00:19But I do not see any particularly good reason for us to allow it now.
00:25The president points out the proposal to amend the Senate rules benefits Senator Bato de la Rosa,
00:30who has been hiding from his International Criminal Court arrest warrant.
00:34For someone who is actually a fugitive from justice, na hinahanap ng police, na hinahanap ng Interpol,
00:41at may arrest warrant galing sa ICC, palagay ko hindi siya dapat magbumoto hanggat dumating siya dun sa Senado.
00:52Marcos says he is keeping track of ongoing developments in the Senate.
00:56I watched with horror that this is the Senate, that the Senate has become this.
01:05I look at my other fellow senators, madalas kaming nagtitinginan ni E.S. Ralph,
01:15ganyan ba tayo nung Senador tayo? Meron ba tayong ganyan na ginagawa? Hindi tayo ganyan.
01:20He also denies accusations his administration-targeted senators of the majority bloc with legal cases.
01:26Marcos served as senator in the 15th and 16th Congresses from 2010 to 2016.
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