Wala nakuntento si Mamamayang Liberal party-list Rep. Leila de Lima nga panason lang ang mga ginpanghambal ni Batangas Rep. Leandro Legarda Leviste nga ang tanan nga mga kongresista ang naghimo sang vote-buying operations sang election season.
Sa mosyon ni De Lima, ginpabawi ukon ginpa-withdraw gid sini kay Leviste ang iya ginpanghambal.
Bisan nga si Executive Secretary Ralph Recto kag iya pamilya kag si CWS party-list Rep. Edwin Gardiola ang sentro sang privilege speech ni Leviste, may tyempo kahapon sang ginsiling ni Leviste nga may ihibalo ang tanan nga kongresista sa Kamara kun paano magpamakal sang boto.
Namensyonar ini ni Leviste sang ginapamangkot siya ni Deputy Speaker David Suarez.
“I am not a liar, I do not want to play coy with the people, all of us here in the plenary have knowledge that vote-buying is rampant and it reaches millions of pesos on average — and sometimes billions — for the campaign of candidates in the Philippines,” suno kay Leviste.
“That’s why anyone who would stand here and say that I am telling lies, that candidates here in the plenary of Congress now are spending hundreds of millions, I would not be ashamed to say that they are the ones lying,” dugang sang kongresista.
Sa pag-break sang sesyon, ginpalapitan ni De Lima si Leviste kag ginkumpronta sa iya statement kun sa diin ginpangdalahig sini ang tanan sa plenaryo sang nagsiling siya nga may ihibalo sila sa vote buying.
Gintawag ini ni De Lima nga “speculative, offensive, and unfair” para sa iban nga wala man naga-intra diri.
“Yes, we heard the motion of Rep. (Janette) Garin on the deletion or striking out of those portions or parts of the privilege speech without basis. I am very interested as to what exactly are those, specifically, because during the break, this representation approached Rep. Leviste and I was asking him about his claim, the general claim that everybody in this hall has engaged in vote buying,” suno kay De Lima sa iya mosyon.
“So I was telling him, can you please withdraw that particular motion because we find it offensive. For the record, this representation has not engaged in any vote-buying in any elections […] And I remember Rep. Leviste saying he is willing to withdraw that particular portion, so may we ask Rep. Leviste if in fact that is the case, that he has withdrawn, or withdrawing that,” dugang sang ML Partylist representative.
Nagsabat naman si House Majority Leader Ferdinand Alexander Marcos nga ang porsyon sang speech ni Leviste ang subject na sang motion nga kakason sa record.
Apang ginduso ni De Lima nga gusto gid sini mabatian sa baba ni Leviste nga bawion sini ang iya ginhambal.
Nagrason naman si Leviste nga ang iya buot silingon amo nga pila lang ka kongresista, kag indi man tanan, apang samtang nagapaathag, gin-utod na siya ni De Lima bangud ang gusto lang sini amo nga i-withdraw sini ang iya statement.
“First I would like to clarify that I meant that there are some, but not all — and there are many members of Congress who do not violate election laws, so please do not consider that I said that all, and I definitely withdraw that there are,” suno naman kay Leviste.#
