Respeto naman! De Lima wants Duterte to cease attacks vs Senate

Senator Leila de Lima has filed a Senate resolution urging the President to refrain from making statements intended to diminish respect due to the Senate or any of its members.

The detained senator filed Proposed Senate Resolution 898 expressing the sense of the Senate that President Rodrigo Duterte “should show courtesy to a co-equal institution following Mr. Duterte’s recent verbal attacks against Senators and the institution.”

“It behooves each of the branches of our government to treat each other with courtesy in the performance of their respective constitutional mandates,” De Lima said.

“Petty, inflammatory, and personal statements by the President against the Senate or any of its members only lead to the erosion of public trust and confidence in our democratic institutions,” she added.

Last August18, the Senate blue ribbon committee launched an inquiry on the possible misuse of Covid-19 funds.

In response to the investigation, Duterte, in a public address, scolded several senators supposedly for grandstanding and bullying government officials.

Duterte went as far as saying that the Senate should not investigate ongoing programs of government agencies as it purportedly causes delays in their progress, and further called on the public not to believe its investigations claiming that they only result to “nothing” – a claim debunked by Senators themselves.

De Lima stressed that as the leader of the nation, the President must set a good example in allowing democratic processes to run their course without undue interference, much less cheap political attacks that do not aid in uncovering the truth behind anomalous government transactions.

“Any public attempt at discrediting the Senate and preventing the same and any of its committees from performing its mandate could result in a constitutional crisis which serves to weaken our republic to the detriment of our people,” she added.

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