Philippine groups criticize Senate majority over Dela Rosa escape and online voting
Alumni from Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle schools, along with artist and women's rights organizations, issued statements criticizing Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano and other majority senators. The statements followed the escape of Senator Ronald dela Rosa and Senate moves to allow online voting.
manilatimes.netThe signatories said the senators' actions "keep the truth hidden, and keep the light of truth covered under deceit and secrecy." The Ateneo Law School Student Council also released a statement, saying there is "no expression of Lux in Domino when an Atenean Senator shrouds himself in darkness." Cayetano's 1997 Ateneo Law School batchmates had previously issued a statement on the same matter.
" The DLSU Legislative Assembly called for Cayetano's removal, urging Lasallians in government not to set aside institutional values.
Women's groups and artists respond The Outstanding Women in the Nation's Service Foundation expressed disappointment with Senator Loren Legarda and urged her to reflect on whether her actions honor the values for which she was recognized. Kislap Diwa, an artist group under Legarda's patronage, formally disassociated from the senator and withdrew consent for use of their names in her cultural legacy.
Other artist groups, including Concerned Artists of the Philippines and Artista ng Rebolusyong Pangkultra, described recent Senate events as political theatrics serving as a diversion from accountability. " The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas urged the Senate to stop distracting the public and hold Dela Rosa and Vice President Sara Duterte accountable.
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