MANILA, Philippines — The Senate is seeking to obtain 5,000 doses of Gamaleya Research Institute’s COVID-19 jab for the vaccination of its employees to ensure that legislative work would not be “paralyzed,” Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said.
“Mahuli na po ang mga senador. Unahin na muna natin ang ating mga (The senators can go last, we will prioritize our) staff…All the senators can do teleconferencing but in the absence of our staff, especially the secretariat, we cannot pass legislation and if we cannot pass legislation, one branch of government is paralyzed,” Zubiri said during Wednesday’s plenary session.
“If we have no staff, we have no stenographers, we canno…
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