Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has set his sights on holding the rules panel’s first hearing on the controversial bill seeking to outlaw discrimination on the basis of one’s Sogie next week. | BPinlacINQ
“Until now, iyon iyong ipinagtataka natin doon sa ilang mga kaibigan natin sa LGBTQ+ . Iyong karamihan naman na na kausap natin, okay sila na pagsama-samahin–holistic,” the senator said.
He then called it “unfair” to say he was playing a hand in delaying the Sogie bill from advancing in the upper chamber. “Under our rules, kapag may mga usapin na kailangan pang pag-usapan, new matters arising to the particular committee report, pwede po pag-usapan ito sa committee on rules,” he explained.
In December 2022, the Senate panels on women, children, family relations and gender equality, and finance filed its committee report on the proposed Sogie Act, but it was not discussed in plenary for second reading.During a Senate session in February, Villanueva–with piles of letters from religious groups that claimed they were not consulted about the bill–moved to refer the proposed measure to his committee.
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