Press Release
September 28, 2016

Senate limits video presentations at plenary sessions

The Senate today adopted a resolution seeking to regulate the time spent on film, video and other multimedia presentations by senators in plenary sessions, in an effort to help the Upper Chamber save precious time and resources while fulfilling its mandate.

Senate Resolution No.165 was unanimously approved during the plenary session presided over by Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III.

The resolution, authored by Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, provides a maximum length of 30 minutes of film clips, multimedia and other similar devices per speech, motion or question of any senator.

Sotto's resolution explained that the move is done "in order to make efficient use of the time of the Senate," noting that more and more senators are using multimedia presentations to help explain their ideas to the public while at the Senate floor.

"There is a steady increase of the use of video, film clips, multimedia and other similar devices as integral parts of privilege speeches of Senators," the resolution said.

The resolution also mandated that copies of the videos and other multimedia presentations during speeches, motions and questions by senators during plenary sessions be incorporated in the Senate records, to make them readily available to the public.

"All films, video clips, multimedia and other similar devices shown or played before the plenary shall be summarized and integrated into the records of the Senate before said devices are sent to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping," the resolution said.

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