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Zubiri admits ‘honest oversight’ over disputed sections in MIF, denies tampering
Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Thursday denied the allegation of tampering with the enrolled copy of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund bill. “First of all, there is no such thing as tampering. There was never a plan to tamper. There was no sinister move to tamper, [and] there was no tampering that took place,” Zubiri told reporters at the Kapihan sa Senado. “We just want to put on record that we just reflected the true intention, let me repeat, the true intention of the provisions as reflected in the transcript of records,” he added. He continued: “The enrolled bill – which I signed in Washington D.C. – is the truthful reflection of the intent of the members of Congress. That is the intent of the majority.” Zubiri, who has returned from a three-week official trip to the United States, responded to the allegations made by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. Last week, Pimentel, a staunch critic of the measure, said the enrolled Maharlika bill has been “tampered” without proper plenary authority, stressing that it raises serious questions about the constitutionality of the bill. “The enrolled bill being sent to the President is not the version properly and formally approved by Congress. There was a provision that they fixed without plenary authority,” he said. “The revisions made were not just a matter of style. It showed a flagrant violation of our rules and the Constitution,” he added. The lawmaker is referring to the different terms and prescriptive periods found in Sections 50 and 51 of the MIF bill. In the approved version of the MIF bill, Section 50 prescribes 10 years for the prosecution of crimes and offenses, while Section 51 provides 20 years. According to Zubiri, the “erring” provision in the measure was an “honest oversight” on the part of the Senate secretariat. “Maybe because it was already morning that time, that’s the last day of work. It was an honest oversight of our secretariat,” he said. After learning the contrasting provisions in the measure, Zubiri said, Senator Mark Villar, author, and sponsor of the Maharlika bill, sent him a letter to merge the two provisions and retain the 10-year period. Based on the excerpts from the Transcript of Stenographic Notes during the Senate plenary discussion on the Maharlika bill on 31 May -- distributed by the Senate leader -- Villar refused to accept the amendment of Senator Risa Hontiveros to add a new section that would prescribe a 20-year period. Zubiri also noted that the meeting between senators and members of the House of Representatives on 31 May was “not an official bicam” or bicameral conference committee. ‘Pending on House’ The Senate chief said that the Maharlika bill is now pending in the House of Representatives for Speaker Martin Romualdez’s approval. He noted that Romualdez may sign the enrolled copy of the Maharlika bill next week. “It just came back this week. It would be signed soon. The Speaker is committed to signing it,” he said. After the approval of the Speaker of the bill, Congress would then transmit it to Malacanang for the president’s approval. The post Zubiri admits ‘honest oversight’ over disputed sections in MIF, denies tampering appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
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