House reps ask: Why blame us for Senate coup rumors?

House reps ask: Why blame us for Senate coup rumors?

MANILA, Philippines — House representatives have asked why senators have always pinned the blame regarding different issues on House lawmakers amid rumors that a leadership reshuffle at the Senate was imminent.

PBA party-list Rep. Migs Nograles, in a press briefing on Tuesday, said that it seems the Senate always accuses the House of something when the upper chamber is in disarray.

Nograles said this after lawmakers were asked about some senators’ belief that the House is responsible for spreading rumors that a coup is being set up against Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri.

“Well, simple lang po ‘yan ‘no, bakit pag nag aaway-away po ang Senado kami pa rin po ang may kasalanan?  Wala naman pong kinalaman ang House of Representatives sa gusto ng Senado in terms of their leadership.  They have their own internal rules, we respect their rules, we respect who they want to place as their leader,” Nograles said.

(Well, that is simple; why is it that when senators quarrel, we are at fault?  The House of Representatives has no say in what the Senate wants in terms of their leadership.)

“So, bakit po nadadamay na naman po ang Kongreso na parang kami po ang mga masama dito.  Eh kung sila po mag aaway-away, sila na po mag away-away diyan or kung magkakasundo sila, sila yung magkakasundo, the same for us, we have nothing to do with the internal rules of the Senate and whatever and whoever they wish to keep with their leadership,” she added.

(So, why are they dragging Congress to make it seem that we are the villains here again?  If they are fighting, let them fight — and if they agree, let them agree.)

1-Rider party-list Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez meanwhile was bewildered as to why senators all of a sudden believe the

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