We sure hope she really has it figured out, as she sin’t exactly one of the incoming administration’s favorite people.
On Mon, Jun 27, there was a scheduled orientation for first-time senators Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Sherwin Gatchalian, Leila de Lima and Manny Pacquiao.
However, only Villanueva, Hontiveros, and Gatchalian showed up at the briefing conducted in the chamber by the Senate Secretariat. De Lima and Pacquiao were absent.
Pacquiao hasn’t given his reason for his absence, but De Lima has.
In a text message to the Philippine Daily Inquirer, De Lima said, “I have a sked conflict. So, I just sent a team headed by my CoS (chief of staff).”
She added: “I was previously briefed, one-on-one, by a Senate official.”
In any case, the other neophyte senators and their staff were briefed about the legislative work in the chamber, including maintenance, security and their salaries.
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