With Rep. Danilo Suarez’s tight grip on the post of Minority Leader, the entire House of Representatives is tarnished anew with the image of being fake, subservient, and uncritical.
Instead of a vibrant and deliberative chamber, we will continue to have a mutual admiration club.
Despite this development, we, the Liberal Party members and our allies, will function as the real opposition bloc that is responsible and representative, carrying the voice of the people in issues such as the rising prices of commodities, extra-judicial killings, and unjust taxes.
And, as jurisprudence on the matter of electing the minority leader is on our side, with an earlier Supreme Court ruling, we will consolidate our thoughts in deciding about bringing this matter before the courts.
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Sa mahigpit na kapit ni Rep. Danilo Suarez sa pwesto ng liderato ng minorya, muli na namang nadudugisan ang House of Representatives ng imahe na ito ay peke, sunud-sunuran, at hindi mapanuri.
Sa halip na isang masigla at nag-iisip na kamara, patuloy tayong magkakaroon ng isang mutual admiration club.
Sa kabila nito, kaming mga miyembro ng Partido Liberal at ng mga kaalyado nito ay magsisilbing tunay na opposition bloc na responsable at kinakatawang nagdadala ng boses ng mamamayan sa mga isyung tulad ng tumataas na presyo ng bilihin, extra-judicial killings at ang di-makatarungang pagbubuwis.
At, dahil ang batas ukol sa isyu ng paghahalal ng minority leader ay nasa panig natin, kasama pa ang nauna nang desisyon ng Korte Suprema, pag-iisipan kung dadalhin ang isyung ito sa korte.