Admin, opposition solons unite vs Senate in latest congressional spat 3 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ben RosarioThe leadership of the House of Representatives and the Senate ignored calls for a ceasefire in their verbal clash over the proposed 2019 national budget even as opposition and administration leaders in the Lower House belittled the legal advise that Senate President Vicente Sotto III has been getting from his lawyers. Both lawyers, Andaya and Lagman are leaders of the majority and the Liberal Party-wing of the opposition bloc in the Lower House, respectively. “The letter he sent to the President expressing his “strong reservations” as annotation in the 2019 National Budget enrolled bill has no legal basis,” said Andaya. READ MORE: Sotto tells congressmen to also ask Duterte for a veto of Senate realignments

Source: Manila Bulletin April 03, 2019 09:22 UTC