Senate Minority Leader Frank Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate finance committee’s decision to slash to P4 billion the funding for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2021.
He also took exception to Senator Bato Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who opposed NTF-ELCAC, after the former Philippine National Police chief called critics of NTF-ELCAC “bwiset” in a radio interview also Sunday.
“Nakakalungkot yung ginagamit ng ating kasamahan sa senado na ‘bwiset’. Ito po ay debate para sa kapakanan ng taumbayan at tinitingnan natin kung paano ginastos ang pera ng taumbayan,” Drilon said in an interview with DZBB.
“Ako, kumokontra ako. Hindi naman siguro ako bwiset. Ito po, huwag na nating dalhin sa personalan, pag-usapan na lang natin,” he added.
“Stop the name-calling. It will not get us anywhere. It is an insult to the senators and the institution we belong to. Let’s stick to the issue,” Drilon advised the neophyte senator in a separate statement.
Drilon disputed claims of Dela Rosa that the opposition is using the NTF-ELCAC for politics.
“Hindi ito pamumulitika. Ito ay pangangalaga ng pera ng taumbayan,” Drilon said. “Walang pamumulitika. Ito ay tamang paggamit ng pera ng taumbayan,” he said.
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