Gordon to file ethics complaint vs. Trillanes after verbal fight

On August 31, 2017 (Thursday), Senator Richard Gordon was determined to pursue an ethics complaint against Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and confidently claimed that “a lot of other senators are going to sign” the complaint.

“I forgive him pero pagdating na dito, sobra sobra na. Sunod-sunod na. I’m sorry, hindi lahat ng araw sa iyo,” Gordon said.

Gordon also cited the time when Senator Miguel Zubiri also had a verbal brawl with Trillanes which shows Trillanes’ tendency to reoffend. 

“When you abuse, you can be kicked out of the Senate. Recidivist na paulit-ulit na siya eh,” he said.

Gordon and Trillanes’ arguments due to the case of the shipment of illegal drugs from China to the country amounting to Php 6.4 billion. President Rodrigo Duterte and his son Davao Vice City Mayor Paolo Duterte were linked to the case.

Trillanes called the blue ribbon committee on the case as a “committee de abswelto”. He complained that the it seemed Gordon was having a one-man show during committee hearings to which Gordon replied, “He was the first one to ask for the last two hearings. Lahat ng hiningi niya, binigay ko. Nakakainsulto pa kapag natapos magtanong, lalayas. Hindi gano’n ang senador. Kung interesado ka, umupo ka at makinig ka hanggang matapos.”

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Source: Inquirer