KINONTRA ng tatlong senador si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pagsasabing walang nangyayari sa mga congressional inquiry at ginagamit lang ng ilan para sa pagporma.
Sinabi ni Senate President Vicente ‘Tito’ Sotto III na posibleng nakalimutan ng Pangulo na dahil sa Senate investigation, ilang PhilHealth official ang kinasuhan at nasibak na sa pwesto.
“Baka nakalimutan lang n’ya or misinformed s’ya. I will send him the Senate report on the Committee of the Whole investigation on PhilHealth. Most of his appointed officers have now pending cases and were removed because of the Senate investigation,” saad ni Sotto.
“As far as I know, the Ombudsman usually relies on Senate investigations and reports for their preliminary investigations,” dagdag ng Senate President.
Samantala, pinayuhan ni Senador Panfilo Lacson si Pangulong Duterte na basahin at reviewhin ang constitutional doctrine hinggil sa separation of powers at system of checks and balances sa ilalim ng presidential form of government.
“Filipinos should not believe him that nothing has come out of our Senate inquiries,” saad ni Lacson.
Binigyang-diin pa ni Lacson na naipasa ang Anti-Hazing Law dahil din sa imbestigasyon ng Kongreso sa pagkamatay ni University of Santo Tomas law student Horacio Castillo III.
“The Anti-Hazing law and the incarceration of those responsible for the hazing to death of a UST student 2-3 years ago is just one of many positive outcomes of such inquiries, not to mention the countless laws that we passed and which our people continue to benefit from,” diin ni Lacson.
Kasabay nito, iginiit ni Lacson kay Duterte na magpokus sa mga pagkukulang ng administrasyon.
“The President should instead spend his time to focus on the shortcomings of his administration due to the incompetence and corruption of several of his officials, not only in addressing the pandemic but in the many aspects of governance,” aniya.
Sa panig naman ni Senador Francis Pangilinan, sinabi nito na ang Senado ay nagsasagawa ng imbestigasyon batay sa mga reklamong dumarating sa kanila.
“Wala namang hearing sa Senado kung walang nirereklamo at dinadaing ang mga frontliners, mga hospital operators, mga doktor at nurse at pati mga LGU officials na nanggagalaiti na at frustrated na sa palpak at tiwaling palakad sa DOH,” diin ni Pangilinan.
“Malacanang should listen in on these hearings para malaman nila ang pagdurusa na dinaranas ng mga kababayan natin,” dagdag pa nito. (DANG SAMSON-GARCIA)
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