Wednesday's vote was not exactly smooth-sailing, having been delayed for hours after some lawmakers questioned why the ethics committee report mentioned Teves' terrorist designation as one of the bases for expulsion
Negros Oriental Congressman Arnolfo “Arnie” Teves, no one cast a negative vote, but three House members – all from Makabayan bloc – abstained.
“The designation of Rep. A. Teves. Jr. as a terrorist by the Anti-Terrorism Council under its Resolution No. 43 reflects discredit on the House of Representatives,” an underlined paragraph as stated in section 4-B of the report stated in bold. “[Romualdez] asked us what the problem is. We said we will not agree [to the inclusion of the terrorist provision], we would have to speak about it in the plenary. Then he said, the committee report sponsor would just not include that particular section on terrorist designation as among the bases for expulsion. That was the compromise,” Brosas told Rappler on Thursday, August 17.
Rappler sought clarification from ranking officials of the ethics committee on the technical aspect of curing the report, but we have yet to get a response as of writing. “The legislative is one branch, the judiciary is a separate branch. You do not not impinge on each other. We have said that giving ATC broad powers is wrong. We are consistent in saying it could be weaponized in other cases. This is one of the examples. This should not be used arbitrarily,” she said.
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