Sen. Escudero's resignation from Senate Comm
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ffiitippine$enate Respectfully yours, ,9"*. -V*.rr*z " g/"b" 3 E""r.L"- 28 Julv 2015 HON. FRANKLIN M. DRILON Senate President Senate of the Philippines Pasay City Dear Mr. President: I write to tender my irrevocable resignation as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and as co-chainnan of the Joint Congressional Oversight Colnmittee on Public Expenditures, effective irnmediately. I thank the honorable Senate President for entrusting the undersigned with the critical responsibility of managing the Senate's role in fulfilling Congress' duty to oversee the Executive Department's use of public funds and to ensure that the allocation of the same is guided by u'hat is in the best interests of our people. However, given my public pronouncements regarding a possible candidacy for higher office in 2016. I believe that it behooves me to step down at this juncture to ensure that deliberations on the General Appropriations Bill (GABFconsidered the single most important piece of legislation passed by Congress each year-are untainted by suspicions or perceptions of pafiisan politics. It is, Mr. President, what propriety requires; it is, I believe, what our people expect f'rom ts all'. delicadc:ct. I nonetheless reiterate my commitment, as a member of the majority bloc in the Senate, to exeft efforts to ensure the timely passage of the GAB. I likewise pledge to play an active role in initiatives to put in place strong and categorical safeguards in the GAB to guarantee that it complies with the decisions of the Supreme Court (i.e Belgica v. Ochoa and Araullo v. Aquino) and that it will not be used as a tool for partisan political interests. Mu'uming salamet Po. Dios mubctlos! ROOM 517, SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES. GSIS BUILDING' FINANCIAL CENTER' ROXAS BOULEVARD' PASAY CITY (632) 552-6601 LOCAL6541 ' 833 5034 ' FAX 833'8765'www chrzescudero com
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Sen. Escudero's resignation from Senate Comm
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ffiitippine$enate
Respectfully yours,
,9"*. -V*.rr*z " g/"b" 3 E""r.L"-
28 Julv 2015
HON. FRANKLIN M. DRILONSenate PresidentSenate of the PhilippinesPasay City
Dear Mr. President:
I write to tender my irrevocable resignation as Chairman of the Senate Committee onFinance and as co-chainnan of the Joint Congressional Oversight Colnmittee on PublicExpenditures, effective irnmediately.
I thank the honorable Senate President for entrusting the undersigned with the criticalresponsibility of managing the Senate's role in fulfilling Congress' duty to oversee the ExecutiveDepartment's use of public funds and to ensure that the allocation of the same is guided by u'hatis in the best interests of our people.
However, given my public pronouncements regarding a possible candidacy for higheroffice in 2016. I believe that it behooves me to step down at this juncture to ensure thatdeliberations on the General Appropriations Bill (GABFconsidered the single most importantpiece of legislation passed by Congress each year-are untainted by suspicions or perceptions ofpafiisan politics.
It is, Mr. President, what propriety requires; it is, I believe, what our people expect f'romts all'. delicadc:ct.
I nonetheless reiterate my commitment, as a member of the majority bloc in the Senate, toexeft efforts to ensure the timely passage of the GAB. I likewise pledge to play an active role ininitiatives to put in place strong and categorical safeguards in the GAB to guarantee that itcomplies with the decisions of the Supreme Court (i.e Belgica v. Ochoa and Araullo v. Aquino)and that it will not be used as a tool for partisan political interests.
Mu'uming salamet Po. Dios mubctlos!
ROOM 517, SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES. GSIS BUILDING' FINANCIAL CENTER' ROXAS BOULEVARD' PASAY CITY
(632) 552-6601 LOCAL6541 ' 833 5034 ' FAX 833'8765'www chrzescudero com
