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Kabataan Representative Raoul Manuel raises a question of privilege during the plenary session, lamenting how swiftly and with little scrutiny the House approved the proposed budgets of the offices of Marcos and Duterte
breezed through the House appropriations committee hearing the budget requests of the two agencies.
Because legislators from the majority were extending “parliamentary courtesy” to the offices of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte, the bloc was unable to interrogate them on key issues, such as its request for“In committees or in plenary, rules should uphold the interest of the people. Rules should not be used to limit discussions on valid issues. Courtesy is being abused,” Manuel said.
“The reputation of this chamber is being tarnished. We are part of a co-equal branch of government with the executive, we should exhaust all means to scrutinize,” he added.Inter-parliamentary courtesy is a time-honored tradition between the two chambers of Congress to not meddle into each other’s affairs. , although her office never handled confidential funds.
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