House Majority Leader Mannix Dalipe declines to confirm a panel chairman's statement that the House seeks to pass the controversial legislation before it adjourns for the holidays, saying only, 'It will reach second reading this December.' InsideTrack
“We do not have a definite timeline,” Dalipe told reporters on the sidelines of a Christmas party organized by Speaker Martin Romualdez with members of the media on Wednesday, December 7.
This is not the first time a House leader made an apparent attempt to distance himself from the timelines publicly committed by Salceda.
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