“SINCE when did it become legal to plot destabilization moves in broad daylight using government resources, in the guise of holding a legitimate Senate hearing?”

Tanong ito ni ex-Surigao Rep. Robert Ace Barbers kaugnay ng tinawag niyang “propaganda meeting” ng Cayetano-Marcoleta group noong Hunyo 4 sa Senado. Tinawag din niya itong “illegal, seditious and rebellious assembly.”

“The Senate majority of 12 can declare all seats vacant. There is no debate about it. Even the deposed ex-Senate President admitted as much in his press conference immediately after the bogus meeting.

At the 3:43 mark of his presscon, he conceded that a majority of 12 can declare all positions vacant except the positions of Senate President and the Senate President Pro Tempore.

Therefore, the Blue Ribbon Committee Chairmanship has been validly and legitimately transferred to Sen. Erwin Tulfo on June 3, making the June 4 gathering unauthorized at the very least,” paliwanag ni Barbers.

Para sa dating kongresista, maituturing na ang June 4 Senate hearing “is an illegal assembly and the leaders are senators.

If the assembly is illegal and aimed at attacking the government and other people, done inside a government owned infrastructure and used government funds, this becomes an affront and challenge to the legitimate government.

Is this not a ground for the filing at the very least, of graft charges against the leaders and participants of this illegal, seditious, and rebellious assembly,” tanong ni Barbers.