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TIL that around 20 years ago, Senator Hontiveros was illegally arrested (without a warrant and in violation of the parliamentary immunity provided in the Constitution) during her tenure in the House of Representatives.
Came across this old news report on YouTube while I was searching for some archival stuff. It seemed pretty relevant with everything going on in the Senate lately. This happened back in 2006 during former President GMA’s term at an annual march for International Women’s Month.
What really caught my attention was then-Akbayan partylist congresswoman Hontiveros dropping the word punyeta on the floor of the House of Representatives. Pardoning her French, this was totally understandable given how things went down.
Apparently, even the late Senator Miriam Defensor condemned the arrest as illegal and pushed for her to be released right away.
u/PinoyLisztomaniac — 1 day ago