Senate should not rubber stamp Duterte tax reform package -- Drilon

THE Senate should not allow itself to be a rubber stamp of the executive branch and pass the tax re-form bill the way President Rodrigo Duterte wants it because it may lead to price increases of basic commodities, Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Sunday.

Drilon said that the Senate could not just accept the President’s proposed tax reform bill hook, line and sinker because it was their duty to thoroughly study the proposal and make sure that it would be acceptable to all parties.