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Be sincere with 'ceasefire' on PI issue, senators told 

Published Feb 4, 2024 07:52 am

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  • Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe says senators should "walk the talk" on the "ceasefire" that they declared with the House of Representatives on the issue of the People's Initiative (PI) and Charter change (Cha-cha). 

20240204_145127.jpgQuezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez (left), Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe (Facebook)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senators should "walk the talk" on the "ceasefire" that they declared with the House of Representatives on the issue of the People’s Initiative (PI) and Charter change (Cha-cha). 

Thus, said House Deputy Speaker Quezon 2nd district Rep. David "Jay-jay" Suarez and House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe in separate statements Sunday, Feb. 4. 

“Pag sinabing ceasefire, sana ceasefire na talaga (When they say ceasefire, it should really be a ceasefire). We should be buckling down to business. Prioritizing RBH No. 6 (Resolution of Both Houses No.6) should be our main focus right now," Suarez  said. 

Before this, he noted that Senators Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa and Sonny Angara have been quoted in the media as espousing the ceasefire with congressmen. 

But Suarez noted that Dela Rosa still participated in the hearing of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation last Friday, Feb. 2 in Davao City on the PI. 

The Senator Imee Marcos-led hearing was supposed to shed light on the allegations of illicit activities in the recent PI, such as the buying of signatures for its accompanying signature drive. 

Some senators have even accused House Speaker Martin Romualdez of having direct involvement in the purely civilian activity. This triggered the word war between the two chambers. 

Dalipe urged senators to walk the talk on their proposed ceasefire. 

“It was they who started it when they hurled baseless accusations against us on the people’s initiative (PI), to which we just responded. It is they who should end it for the good of the country and our people. We should refocus our attention on the urgent task that we have to do,” he said. 

Dalipe reiterated his appeal to the Senate to stop its PI inquiry since the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has already decided to refuse accepting signature sheets from the PI proponents. 

He added that not a single witness admitted in the two Senate hearings so far that money was given in exchange for signatures for the PI. 

“Parang nakonsensiya pa sila na nagsagawa sila ng hearing sa Davao City habang patuloy na binabaha at nagla-landslide sa maraming lugar sa Mindanao at may mga namamatay, natatabunan o nalulunod pa tayong mga kababayan duon,” he said. 

(It's like their conscience hit them for holding a hearing in Davao City while many parts of Mindanao was being ravaged by floods and landslides, and people were dying.)

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