POLITICAL ANNOTATION No. 55 BY DEGUZMAN Sen. Sotto does not deserve his previous post after he had been accused of plagiarism in various occasions while many cannot delete from their memory about his antagonistic move in cyber crime law provision on criminalizing libel on the net which until now pending before the Supreme Court. As a matter of fact, impliedly he needs not to resign because their party is no longer dominant or constitute the majority party thus waiving his position majority floor leader where in fact the majority became a minority. Indeed, Tito-sen has been a good senator which proves that anybody can also be a good senator because the fund allocated for the senator is so huge that you could hire even ghost writers and ignorant lawyers without being questioned by invoking the privilege of parliamentary immunity. EXCERPT FROM philstar/headlines/2013/06/06/950870/sotto-resigns-senate-majority-floor-leader . MANILA, Philippines - Senator Vicente Sotto III has stepped down from his post as Senate majority floor leader following the resignation of former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. ”After the third reading scenarios, we will pass the resolution affirming the adjournment sine die and then I will submit my accomplishment report, I will inform the senate that I’m resigning as majority leader at the end of the 15th congress,” Sotto told the media. Sotto cited various reasons for his resignation, including the stepping down of Enrile amid allegations that the latter misused the Senate funds when he authorized the unequal distribution of ‘cash gifts’ to senators last December. ” A lot of factors. First, I’m already exhausted. Perhaps also in sympathy of Senator Enrile,” Sotto said. Sotto is a close ally of the former Senate President. “I don’t think I can stop the time, effort, blood and sweat that I put in the last three years. So let’s leave it at that. As they were saying, quit while you’re ahead,” he added. Sotto said his resignation will also pave the way for the new officers to be elected “so that they have not declared seats vacant in the coming 16th Congress.”
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:03:21 +0000
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