Press Release
October 23, 2018

On Speaker Arroyo's Recommendation of withdrawal from the IPU

More at: https://pinglacson.net/2018/10/23/on-speaker-arroyos-recommendation-of-withdrawal-from-the-ipu/

First, Speaker Arroyo's recommendation is based on the wrong premise. The IPU has yet to act on its Human Rights Committee's recommendation to the IPU Governing Council. Having said that, it is premature, if at all, to denounce the IPU as a whole, much less withdraw membership from the body.

Second, by withdrawing, it would imply that the Philippine Senate acknowledges the political persecution of opposition senators.

Contrarily, the recent resolution of Sen. Trillanes' coup d'etat case by the Makati RTC Branch 148 is proof enough that the judicial process works in our country, and that the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary from the executive and legislative is evident and clear.

Third, it is the Senate, not the House of Representatives, that is a member of the IPU, so I'm not sure where Speaker GMA is coming from.

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