Biro lang, walang personalan! Angara downplays Pia Cayetano’s outburst

Senator Sonny Angara doesn’t want to make a big deal out of Senator Pia Cayetano’s outburst over some of their colleagues’ insinuation that representatives from the House of Representatives had ulterior motives in pushing for certain amendments in the proposed Bayanihan to Recover as One Act.

In a radio interview Saturday (August 22), Angara said he has talked to Cayetano to clear things.

“Nakapag-text naman kami sinabi lang naman niya na kailangan lang niya sabihin ‘yun dahil gusto niya protektahan ang integridad ng kanyang kapatid. Sa akin wala naman ‘yun parang ano lang ‘yun. Pag under pressure minsan may nasasabi iba ang interpretasyon ng ibang tao. Sa akin there was genuinely policy debate over the items diyan at naiintindihan ko rin saan nanggagaling ang mga kasamahan namin sa Kamara,” h said.

“Minsan nami-misinterpret lang statements, sa akin wala naman personal dun biruan lang ‘yun not to be taken seriously,” Angara added.

Cayetano cried foul after Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III joked during the plenary session on August 20 that senators were “selfless” during the bicameral conference committee meetings on the Bayanihan 2 bill.

A visibly irked Cayetano said: “On behalf of my former colleagues in the House, I’d like to put on record that I do take offense na ang dami nating parinig na parang yung sa kanila may personal gain.”

Cayetano, whose brother, Alan Peter, is the House Speaker, said it was up to lawmakers to push for the allocation of funds in a particular agency if they feel the money will be spent well there.

Politiko earlier reported that Alan pushed for the placement of P10-billion tourism recovery fund in the Bayanihan 2 under the Tourism Infrastructure an Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) as “pabaon” or parting gift for his allies.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the bicameral conference committee has decided that P6 billion will go to assistance programs for micro, small and medium enterprises within the tourism sector, while displaced tourism workers will receive P3 billion in aid.

The remaining P1 billion from the tourism sector’s recovery fund will go to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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