00:00 There should be an answer and there should be a prison.
00:04 That is what House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo is trying to say
00:10 following the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro.
00:14 Congressmen are also pushing to investigate the incident in the House of Representatives.
00:20 Mela Lesmora reports.
00:24 House Deputy Majority Leader Erwin Tulfo is investigating the landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro, Kamakailan
00:32 where less than 50 people were injured.
00:35 This was in violation of House Resolution No. 1586
00:39 that was issued by Tulfo, the former Davao de Oro Second District Representative Ruel Peter Gonzaga
00:44 and four other lawmakers.
00:47 According to Tulfo, it should be discussed why there are people living in the place where the incident took place
00:53 even though it was declared as a no-build zone.
00:56 He also needs to be blamed for the lack of and violation of the law.
01:02 There should be an answer and there should be a prison.
01:06 Because this will not stop.
01:08 I will probably go talk to the Speaker of the House or to the Majority Leader regarding this matter
01:14 so that you can be sent immediately to investigate this.
01:17 Black people also signed a separate resolution regarding this.
01:23 For now, some committees in the House are continuing to listen to the camera
01:27 regarding other issues like the House Committee on Public Order and Safety
01:31 where the committee gave a five-day furlough or temporary release
01:35 to the PNP personnel who were detained under the National Law
01:39 after being cited in contempt regarding the issue of unlawful arrest and robbery
01:44 of four Chinese nationals in Paranaque last year.
01:48 I would like to apologize to our honorable members of this committee.
01:53 I have no intention to disobey this committee.
01:57 I just want to ask Mr. Chair that my lawyer is not included because
02:03 he is the one who did it.
02:06 It's just for my family who are suffering from this situation.
02:10 We cannot be firm here. We can understand.
02:13 We can understand. We are discussing if you can be released but what you did right now,
02:19 this changes the whole perspective for all of you.
02:24 That's why we are saying this hearing is not just a story.
02:29 The House Race and Means Committee is a joint committee on senior citizens and persons with disabilities
02:35 in their separate listening.
02:37 The additional discount on basic goods for seniors was already helped
02:42 by the current 65 pesos per week and 125 pesos or 500 pesos per month.
02:49 There is a direct instruction from the speaker to really adjust already the weekly or the monthly booklet,
02:59 with or without booklet.
03:01 Therefore, as the chair of the committee on race and means, I suggest 125 pesos per week.
03:10 Melalas Moras for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
