Lawmakers' changing of anti-terror bill vote has 'no more bearing' – Villafuerte

Villafuerte says members only said they wanted to change votes for public consumption.

HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER. Camarines Sur 2nd District Representative Luis Raymund Villafuerte gestures during a hearing in February 2018. File photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

But Villafuerte – among the closest allies of Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano in the House – slammed his colleagues for doing this, saying they should have been aware of the rules of the House barring the changing of votes days after the passage of a bill on final reading. In the next session day, Deputy Speaker Aurelio Gonzales Jr announced the yes votes have been reduced to 168 and the negatives votes increased to 36, citing a “technical error” in the recording of electronic votes.

Apart from the correction cited by Gonzales, no lawmaker formally moved during the plenary session to correct his or her vote – even during the last session day on June 5 before the House adjourned session sine die.

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