Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Controversy
The Philippine Senate's Blue Ribbon Committee is in turmoil as its chairman, Senator Panfilo Lacson, considers resigning due to internal politics and dissatisfaction from other senators. The committee's hearings have been suspended.






Kiko Pangilinan
@@kikopangilinan
17h
I hope Senator Ping will reconsider his decision to resign as Chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee. My sense was and is that while there were a number of our colleagues in the Majority bloc who disagreed with some earlier public pronouncements made by him, the matter had been


Cleve V. Arguelles
@@CleveArguelles
2d
This is why our next protest must be sooner— and bigger. We need to strike real and enduring fear at the heart of the political class. They now wait for the public to blink so they can all get away with it save for a few of their friends who may be sacrificed now but bailed out


Erin Tañada
@@erintanada
2d
I may be wrong, but it seems the Senate is caught in internal politics & the victim here is the public. Transparency & accountability has taken a back seat. We should demand that the ICI make their proceedings OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! It cannot be held behind closed doors. #Makialam


Jesus Falcis
@@jesusfalcis
1d
Senator Ping Lacson resigns as Chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee. Goodluck finding a better Chairman than him! And you just freed him from the shackles of politicis. Pwede na sya magpa presscon and continue his anti-corruption crusade outside of the BRC. #Accountability

Rodolfo Medrano
@@ruminarist
1d
BRING IN Sen. @risahontiveros to chair the @senatePH Blue Ribbon Committee. Game na!


iam ian
@@IanIslander3
1d
Blue Ribbon Chair Sen. Lacson is thinking of resigning - he may no longer have support of the Senators, after many were named in the past weeks. Many Senators just want to protect themselves and their "sacred holy" chamber instead of answering to the PEOPLE. VOTE THEM OUT!

Joel Cochico
@@jmschumey
1d
The senators dissatisfied with Lacson are the corrupt ones. Even if they unseat Lacson, they’ve already been exposed. Lagot kayo sa taumbayan!

GMA Integrated News
@@gmanews
1d
BREAKING: Senate President Pro Tempore Ping Lacson is resigning as chairman of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee after some senators aired their disappointment over the investigation into anomalous flood control projects. But Lacson - who noted that all Senate committee
