MANILA, Philippines — Citing precedents, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said a House bill declaring a holiday in Ilocos Norte to commemorate the birth anniversary of former President Ferdinand Marcos will likely “breeze” through the Senate. ADVERTISEMENT“A bill of local application when it comes to the Senate, usually is not really debated upon. It is a bill of local application, it is for Ilocos Norte, I doubt if there will be objections to that,” he explained. Usually, bills of local application breeze through the Senate unless one or two objects,” he added. Earlier, various progressive groups expressed dismay over declaring a holiday in Ilocos Norte in commemoration of the late dictator.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 03, 2020 05:37 UTC