Majority of the members of the Commission on Appointments from the House gave priority to attending a ceremonial submission of a bill in Malacañang over attending a confirmation hearing of diplomats by the CA’s Committee on Foreign Affairs headed by Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago last Wednesday.

These congressmen obviously wanted to be seen by President BS Aquino in Malacañang when he submitted the bill on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law to Congress Wednesday morning. That the submission of the bill had to be done in Malacañang reflects the legislator’s subservience to the executive department and the President’s contempt for their supposed independence. The congressmen should have received the draft measure in their own turf.

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