ANTONIO P. CONTRERAS

ON Tuesday, President Duterte declared that he would certify the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (Sogie) Equality bill as urgent. But in less than 12 hours, the euphoria felt by supporters of the bill turned into another big disappointment when Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd came out early Wednesday to announce that it was not the Sogie bill approved in the 17th Congress by the House of Representatives and now being pushed in the Senate by Sen. Ana Theresia “Risa” Hontiveros, but the anti-discrimination bill that was being promoted by Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara that the President intends to certify as urgent. This was later confirmed by Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo.

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