“First of all, there was no showboating as can be seen in the Youtube recorded session that Thursday. The Senators were just congratulating the members of the bicam for a job well done and never did we ‘scoff at’ the Ratified Bill,” Zubiri said in a statement. Fernandez’s statement also questioned senators’ approval of the Bayanihan bill, claiming that some senators felt that the consolidated measure was not up to standards. Zubiri then questioned Fernandez’s remark that the “bill was never up to their standards.”“Please tell us Mr. So get your facts straight before you make any accusations towards me and the institution,” he said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 22, 2020 13:18 UTC