ARMM polls postponement bill useless
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Sen. Bongbong Marcos is said to be mulling archiving the Senate bill that calls for the postponement of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections.
The rule in the Senate is that Marcos, as chairman of his panel, and having five senators, can have the bill archived, and so it has to be archived.
However, this can still be revived by another set of five senators and floor discussions have to push through.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile was earlier quoted as saying that if Bongbong recommends against the postponement of the ARMM polls, “five senators will have it archived” but that five senators can also bring it out from the archives, after which the discussions go to the floor and the committee report can be amended..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110526com2.html
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