Outrage dissent inside gaddafis stronghold says MP ‘did the wrong thing'” by David Lister on March 3, 2015 at 6:02 pm EST
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“I’ve asked him to resign,” said MP Rufus Yeo, who is a close friend of Duterte’s. “This is just a joke.”
But Rep. Leila de Lima, who is among six senators named by Dute카지노 사이트rte to serve as chairpersons of the powerful Commission on Human Rights, said her party will fight it.
“If the president’s going to remove these senators, why would we want someone sitting here who is part of the administration a바카라s our chair?” De Lima said.
The move by Duterte is a slap at some of De Lima’s top allies in the Senate, including Senate President Pro Tempore Alfredo Fariñas, who is the top ally of Duterte; former Sen. Edcel Lagman; former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario; and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, one of the most visible allies of Duterte.
The president’s move leaves other powerful senators vulnerable, including the heads of the Commission on Human Rights and the Senate’s highest-ranking opposition lawmakers, Sen. Leila de Lima and Sen. Alan Pete카지노 사이트r Cayetano.
Also on the chopping block are two members of Duterte’s own Cabinet: National Commission on Appointments Director General Francis Tolentino and Department of Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II. Both are facing corruption-related charges, and both face jail terms of as long as 20 years.
The president announced the appointment of the other six senators as vice chairpersons on Wednesday and urged Congress to approve them. Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon said in a Facebook post, “All I could wish is that the government’s good, and that our Senate members are also as honest and pure.”
Senate Majority Leader Franklin Drilon (D) waves a Congress-passed law after being sworn in by President Duterte at the Malacañang Palace in Manila March 3, 2015. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco
In his Facebook post, Duterte urged the President to make his choices public. He has said that only the leaders of Duterte’s party would get to make the final calls.
The outgoing senator, Duterte’s main opponent during this presidential campaign, said she would vote against any candidate who is linked to any official from the President’s campaign or governmen