De Lima precedent gives reason to deny online Senate voting - Macalintal

MANILA, Philippines — A previous Senate decision denying former Senator Leila de Lima the privilege of voting and participating virtually in Senate proceedings established a precedent against allowing the same arrangement for Sen. Ronald ‘Bato’ dela Rosa, election lawyer Romulo Macalintal said on Friday. In a statement, Macalintal described the Senate majority’s argument to allow remote participation as “ridiculous, if not entirely frivolous,” noting that a resolution seeking similar privileges for de Lima when she was detained had been denied. “If the majority is using that past incident as their logical framework, then online voting should be rejected even more […]... Keep on reading: De Lima precedent gives reason to deny online Senate voting - Macalintal

Original source: Philippine Daily Inquirer