Miriam returns to Senate only to stage a walkout

AFTER two months of absence, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago went back to work on Wednesday but her appearance at a Commission on Appointments (CA) hearing was cut short after she walked out of the proceedings because of the tardiness of some committee members.

Santiago, who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in June, was scheduled to hear the appointments of some 50 nominees for various posts in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) but she decided to postpone the proceedings because some members of the CA’s foreign affairs committee were not around.