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Press Statements

Despite the reported finality of the Supreme Court decision allowing the burial of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Marcos will not be able to rest in peace in the memorial grounds for heroes which he does not deserve and does not deserve him.

The morality and justness of Marcos’ interment in the Cemetery of Heroes is beyond the purview of the High Court because no decision to warrant such interment can cleanse Marcos of the atrocities, abuses and plunder which he, his family and cronies committed during the Marcos martial law regime

In the News

When an issue is close to their turf, Representatives have no problem defying President Rodrigo Duterte and asserting their independence.

Despite the President’s endorsement for the appointment of Officers-in-Charge (OICs) to replace incumbent elected barangay officials, the Members of the House in an all-party caucus unanimously rejected the President’s proposal.

Press Statements

Aside from the inherent laudable socioeconomic objectives of free tuition to students in State Universities and Colleges, local tertiary schools and TESDA-accredited vocational institutions, President Rodrigo Duterte’s propensity to embrace populist causes led him to defy his economic managers’ collective recommendation for him to veto the measure.

The needed funds for school year 2018-2019 can be sourced by excising the usual excess fat in the proposed budget, or it can be covered by a supplemental budget to be proposed by the President for inclusion in the 2018 budget.

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The Duterte administration’s insistence on replacing incumbent elected barangay officials with appointive officers-in-charge (OICs) is a blatant violation of the Constitution and existing laws on barangay elections.

The appointment of OICs is an aberration which supplants the popular electoral will.

The Constitution classifies barangay officials as “local elective officials”, and consequently, they are installed to office by electoral mandate, not by appointment.

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The Duterte administration must not cavort with an encroaching neighbor like China by forging a joint venture agreement for oil exploration in the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Rep. Edcel Lagman was reacting to the announcement of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano that the Philippines is in the process of negotiating such a joint venture agreement with an undisclosed joint partner, even as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China was open to the idea of a joint venture with the Philippines.