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(Eagle News)– Chairman of the ethics committee and Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III assured on Monday (December 12) an impartial probe on the ethics complaint filed by House leaders against Senator Leila De Lima. “I’ve said that before, I will say it again. I will always be impartial. If you cannot be impartial, and chair [the] ethics [panel], better resign,” Sotto told reporters in an interview. Sotto, along with ethics panel vice-chairman Senator Panfilo […]
(Eagle News)– Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday (November 29) said leaders of both legislative chambers met Monday night to discuss conditions amid the issuance of show cause order against Senator Leila De Lima. “We will respect any moves of their committees for show cause order as long as it is not directed towards the Senate itself,” said Sotto. “It will be up to Sen. De Lima if she will answer or not,” […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III and other senators on Friday, November 4 chastised Senator Antonio Trillanes IV for his statement during a forum in the Senate on Thursday that some of his colleagues are apologists of President Rodrigo Duterte. According to Sotto, the term apologist is “uncalled for and absurd. ” “Yung term na ‘apologist’ is uncalled for dahil pwedeng a senator is also merely airing his opinion. Ang […]
(Eagle News)– Senate Majority leader Vicente Sotto III confirmed on Wednesday (September 21) another ethics complaint filed against Senator Leila De Lima. Sotto, chair of the Senate committee on ethics and privileges, said that he does not know who filed and has yet to read the complaint. “That is the reason we are still in the issue of whether we have jurisdiction or not. Hopefully by next week, I’m sure all the members have already […]
