Marcos junks, revives ARMM poll bill By Angie M. Rosales 06/01/2011

Marcos junks, revives ARMM poll bill

By Angie M. Rosales 06/01/2011

The Senate committee on local government yesterday thumbed down the bill seeking to postpone the Aug. 8 scheduled Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections.

But committee chairman, Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, in presenting his panel report, was quick to revive it, citing the need to debate on the matter rather than putting it in the upper chamber’s archives.

“In our rules, an adverse report is relegated to the archives. But I believe we must not be stifled and let the report to be recalled from archives and debated on floor,” he said in delivering his sponsorship speech..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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