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Taken out of context? Tulfo doesn't buy Villanueva's explanation for House tirade 

Published Feb 14, 2024 01:58 am

At A Glance

  • House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo doesn't sound convinced that Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva's hurtful tirades against congressmen like him were just statements "taken out of context". 

20240214_084249.jpgACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (left), Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva (MANILA BULLETIN/ Facebook)

House Deputy Majority Leader ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo doesn't sound convinced that Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva's hurtful tirades against congressmen like him were just statements "taken out of context".

"Nagkaroon siya ng privilege speech...ang pinapaliwnaag niya, it was just take out of context. Pero malinaw kasi e, na quote siya, may mga camera naman," Tulfo said in a chance interview Tuesday, Feb. 13 at the House of Representatives.

(He had a privilege speech...his explanation was, it was just take out of context. But it was clear, he was quoted, the cameras captured it.)

"Siguro nadala lang siya ng emosyon niya pero hopefuly i-retract naman niya sana yun kasi parang nakaka-insulto. As being party-list representatives, we were not just put in the office by anyboduy, by some government official. We were also voted," said the deputy majority leader for communications.

(Maybe he was just overwhelmed by his emotions, but hopefully he retracts it because it's insulting.)

Earlier this month, Villanueva declared that House members or congressmen simply cannot be compared to senators like him.

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He says the lowest-ranked senator in the elections receive around 15 million votes, compared to district congressmen who receive mere thousands of votes. It's like comparing apples and oranges, he said.

Villanueva likewise disparaged party-list representatives, which Tulfo found "surprising" given that the sitting CIBAC Party-list congressman is Bro. Eddie Villanueva.

"| was really surprised...yung tatay niya si Bro. Eddie Villanueva (his father, Bro. Eddie Villanueva) is with us sa party-list coalition.

"Kaya medyo nagulat lahat ng members ng party-list...Siguro kailangan lang mag-usap, na baka wala lang communication si Senator Villanueva at yung tatay niya na si Bro. Eddie, I'm sure e, kailangan magka-linawagan sila," he said.

(That's what surprised all the members of the party-list coalition...maybe they just need to talk, maybe Senator Villanueva has no communication with his father Bro. Eddie, I'm sure they need to clear things up.)

At any rate, Tulfo said a lot of congressmen are angry with the senator.

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