Press Release
September 29, 2017

AKBAYAN SENATOR RISA HONTIVEROS ON SENATOR VILLAR'S ACCUSATIONS AND DZMM RADIO INTERVIEW

Sobrang nakakagulat. Sa isang banda, nakakatawa ang akusayon. It's almost flattering if not for the fact that it is patently false. Sa kabilang banda naman, nakakalungkot dahil ang walang basehang paratang ay nanggaling pa mismo sa isang kapwa senador.

Paano ko sisirain ang Senate majority? Ako ay isang neophyte Senator na kasapi ng minority. Anong kapangyarihan na mayroon ako para gawin yon? It defies logic and reason.

As a first-term Senator, I treasure the partnerships I have built and sustained with my fellow senators regardless of membership to the majority or minority. I will not let some silly internet meme ruin that.

I emphatize with my fellow Senators who are the subject of attacks and ridicule in the social media. Ako mismo ay paulit-ulit na biktima ng mga online trolls dahil sa aking mga paninindigan. Let us collectively deal with the problem of fake news. Accusing fellow senators of baseless charges is unproductive. It is barking up at the wrong tree.

Itigil na ang mga walang batayang akusasyon na yan. Unless they can be substantiated with evidence, these accusations must stop. The sources of the intrigue are the ones destroying not only the Senate majority but the harmony between and among majority and minority senators.

I also believe that this could just be a distraction from the bigger and more important issues that the Senate has to address such as extrajudicial killings, police abuse, teen slays and charges of corruption. Sa mga issues na yan tayo mag-diskurso, maglaan ng oras, sipag at dedikasyon.

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