Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday said the Senate minority bloc was the “most productive” group in the chamber, noting that seven out of 10 bills passed before it adjourned last week were sponsored by their group. “The minority bloc has been working hard all this time. The records will bear this out – five of the seven bills approved on third reading and two of the three Senate bills passed on second reading were sponsored and authored by members of the minority,” Drilon said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: LP senators, minority vow to block death penalty billThe Senate minority bloc is composed of Drilon, Senators Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino and Leila de Lima of the Liberal Party; Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros of Akbayan; and Senator Sonny Trillanes IV of the Nacionalista Party. Of the 32 bills still pending on second reading, he said, 20 were authored and sponsored by the minority group.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 20, 2017 03:33 UTC