Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook, Malacañang photo)

Santa Rosa City lone district Rep. Dan Fernandez has chided senators for its dismissive behavior with the sheer amount of profanities uttered by former president Rodrigo Duterte during a recent Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing. 

“Nakakahiya tayo…wala man lang nag-stand para i-delete o tanggalin ‘yon sa record ng Senado?” an incredulous Fernandez said. 

(It's embarrassing...not one made a stand to delete or remove it from the Senate's records?) 

Last Oct. 28, Duterte testified before the Blue Ribbon panel, which on that day launched its investigation on his wars on drugs that allegedly killed up to 30,000 people. His testimony was laced with cuss words, particularly "PI". 

Of the senators present at the hearing, only Senator Risa Hontiveros manifested disapproval of the ex-president's foul language. 

However, the presiding chairman, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, ultimately allowed Duterte to speak the way he wanted to for the sake of accuracy. 

Fernandez is a co-chairman of the House quad-committee (quad-comm), which had been investigating the bloody drug war since August. 

The Laguna solon vowed that if Duterte uses such language in the quad-comm hearings, he would ensure it does not make it to the official records. This would  preserve the decorum that is expected in the institution. 

When asked how they would handle a scenario where Duterte uses profanity in the quad-comm, Fernandez said, “We will try to remind him. Tapos pag paulit-ulit pa rin (If he keeps on doing it), then we have to take action.” 

While Fernandez did not specify what type of action was appropriate, he emphasized the need to set boundaries to prevent further incidents.