The Manila Times · General

The Senate power struggle and the people’s burden

· By Anna Malindog-Uy
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THE Philippine Senate is supposed to be the upper chamber of sober reflection, constitutional restraint and national statesmanship. Today, however, it looks less like the Republic’s deliberative chamber and more like a political circus where the clowns wear barongs, selectively quote the Constitution, and fight over…

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