September 19, 2016
From Philstart - Sen Manny moves to remove de Lima as chair of committee on justice ( As of this hour, 7:00 pm, she has been replaced by Sen Dick Gordon
In a strange turn of events, after Sen Alan Peter Cayetano delivered his privileged speech, Sen Manny Pacquiao moved that the chairmanship of the committee on Justice and Human rights, formerly headed by a lady senator, be declared vacant. This afternoon, the position was replaced by Sen. Richard Gordon. Tomorrow, the lady senator will deliver her privileged speech; Tomorrow also, will face an inquiry at the Congress where 30 witnesses who include 12 top personalities will testify her links with the drug trade.
The lady senators told the reporters that there are all lies.
The main complaint vs the way the current chairman has handled her inquiry are:
1. The alleged agenda according to the supporter of the president is to discredit the efforts of the administration and probably have him removed In the process, the country has been put into bad light as was the Recent Time Magazine feature on Philippines anti illegal drug war
2. The Matobato testimony was not on the agenda and not related to the current alleged EJ under the Du30 administration
3. The witness Matobatos credibility is dubious
4. The alleged partiality of the Chair Lady as a chairman: cutting off questioning by the fellow Senators, leading questions on the witness, lawyering for the witness and many more.
This would be a difficult time for the lady senator for being reckless and fighting the highest leader of the land, and not being Ms Clean herself, as she investigates a wrongdoing. She must face the muic and face the consequences.
