“SINCE when did it become legal to plot destabilization moves in broad daylight using government resources in the guise of holding a legitimate Senate hearing? ”
This is the question of former Surigao Rep Robert Ace Barbers in relation to the June 4 propaganda meeting of the Cayetano-Marcoleta group in the Senate.
“The Senate majority of 12 can declare all seats vacant. There is no debate about it. Even the deposed ex-Senate President admitted as much in his press conference immediately after the bogus meeting. On the 3:43 mark of his press conference, he conceded that a majority of 12 can declare all positions vacant EXCEPT the positions of Senate President and the Senate President Pro Tempore. Therefore, the Blue Ribbon Committee Chairmanship has been validly and legitimately transferred to Senator Erwin Tulfo on June 3, making the June 4 gathering unauthorized at the very least,” Barbers said.
“With this admission, the meeting on June 4 in the Senate in the guise of a Blue Ribbon hearing is an illegal assembly, and the leaders are Senators. If the assembly is illegal and aimed at attacking the government and other people, done inside government-owned infrastructure, and used government funds, this becomes an affront and challenge to the legitimate government. Is this not a ground for the filing at the very least, of graft charges against the leaders and participants of this illegal, seditious, and rebellious assembly,” Barbers added.
“I urge the NBI and the Ombudsman to investigate the matter with dispatch, prevent a repeat of the same, and immediately file the corresponding cases as warranted,” Barbers said.
metrosundaily
