'Sarap ng buhay' no more: Remaining Senate sessions to be held in person

Senate Resolution 372, adopted by the Senate on May 4, 2020, allows the Upper House to join sessions through teleconferencing- resulting from force majeure or national emergencies as determined by majority of the senators. 

Official Gazette, file

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III said that they will not be holding hybrid sessions starting Monday, which means that senators will have to attend in person.

Sotto first brought up the topic during a Senate session on Thursday, asking the Committee on Rules to look into suspending an earlier resolution allowing hybrid sessions as a precaution against COVID-19.

"We have to show the people that we are working...Face-to-face [classes] na eh. Bakit 'yung mga senador hindi face-to-face? (Why can't senators attend face-to-face?)," Sotto said. 

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