Senate can’t act on amnesty concurrence
By Angie M. Rosales and Charlie V. Manalo 10/13/2010Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV’s release from detention, following President Aquino’s amnesty proclamation, cannot be effected immediately as Senate still has to conduct public hearings.
Adoption in the plenary will likely take place when Congress, which is scheduled to take a break beginning this week, resumes sessions on Nov. 8.
The Senate yesterday referred concurrent resolution No. 3 to the committee on peace, unification and reconciliation chaired by Sen. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III as well as rules panel chaired by Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III for public hearings and only after the conduct of such proceedings can concurrence on the floor take place.
It would entail approval by majority of the Senate to seal the deal, so to speak, of the President with junior officers and enlisted men of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) who got embroiled in the failed coups during the past administration..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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