MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Bong Go clashed over several hospital expansion bills after the latter accused the veteran lawmaker of delaying its passage and asking that debates on the measures be terminated, a practice that was “never” done in the Senate.
“One of the traditions of the Senate since time immemorial is that cloture is never invoked in the debates. Never, never. There are legitimate issues that we raised,” Drilon said during Thursday’s session.
“I resent and I take strong exception to the statement na pinapatagal ko ito. Implying that there is no other reason for the questions that we raised except for the desire to del…
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