Senate
President Franklin Drilon today said that Interior Secretary Mar Roxas should
now declare his intention to run for President in the 2016 elections.
"We have
an official process in the party but I would take the position that if he is
indeed interested—and I think he is—he should declare now his intention to
present himself as a candidate for the presidency in 2016," Drilon said.
"I
believe that the policies and reforms of the President should be continued, and
the people should know what will happen after 2016," he added.
Drilon said
he believed President Aquino would "endorse someone who would be
comfortable with continuing the reforms he has started. These reforms have
taken root and resulted in unprecedented improvements in our stock market, in
investments, and in efforts to alleviate poverty."
According to
the Senate President, "It is important for me to have a candidate who will
continue these reforms. That is why my view—and this is a personal view—is that
Secretary Roxas should now declare if he will be presenting himself as a
candidate in 2016."
Contempt raps
In reply to a
question regarding the process in the Senate of citing a person in contempt,
more particularly on the issue whether the action needs the approval of the
Senate President, Drilon said: "The action of the committee to cite an
individual or group of persons in contempt does not require the approval of the
Senate President. However, when the committee orders the issuance of the arrest
and/or the detention order, the approval of the Senate President would be
needed or would become necessary."
Senators'
consultants
On the issue
of Senate consultants, Drilon said: "Each senator is given a budget. He
uses his budget in accordance with his own priorities, his own needs. The
Senate, as part of its independent nature, gives complete discretion to each
office of the senator insofar as his own budget is concerned."
"We believe that that is the proper thing to do to make sure that the independence of each senator is protected," Drilon averred.
"We believe that that is the proper thing to do to make sure that the independence of each senator is protected," Drilon averred.
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