De Lima ousted as Senate justice committee chair

De Lima ousted as Senate justice committee chair 

Representative Leila de Lima was ousted seat of the Senate board of trustees on equity and was promptly supplanted by Senator Richard Gordon.

It was Senator Manny Pacquiao, who made a movement on the floor to proclaim empty the chairmanship and also the participation of the board of trustees, which is exploring the affirmed extrajudicial killings in the nation since the Duterte organization assumed control .

Senate President Pro Tempore Franklin Drilon protested the movement, which incited to the suspension of the session and the holding of a representatives' assembly.

At the point when the session continued, the chamber instantly put to a vote the movement. Drilon kept up his complaint, supported by amateur Senator Risa Hontiveros.

"We enroll our protest. We trust there's no premise for the movement," Drilon said.

Hontiveros said: "for the benefit of Akbayan gathering, I deferentially enlist my protest."

Senate President Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III then chose to partition the chamber and made the move call vote.

Sixteen representatives voted for Pacquiao's movement, four were against it while two went without.

The four who voted against the movement were Drilon, Hontiveros and Senators Bam Aquino and Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan.

Drilon, Aquino and Pangilinan are individuals from the Liberal Party, while Hontiveros has a place with the Akbayan partylist assemble however she kept running under the LP-drove slate amid the last May 2016 races.

Amid the voting, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto showed that the minority coalition would not partake in the voting, saying the issue ought to be determined among the lion's share bunch.

After the voting, Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto III quickly moved to choose "hesitant" Gordon as new leader of the board of trustees and Senator Panfilo Lacson as bad habit executive.

Congresspersons Pacquiao, Pangilinan, de Lima, Juan Miguel Zubiri, Grace Poe, Alan Cayetano were additionally chosen individuals from the advisory group. /rga/air conditioning

source : inquirer