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Manglona seeks meeting with Kumoi
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Posted on Apr 27 2000
Dismissing criticisms aired by a colleague, Senate President Paul A. Manglona yesterday assured that the leadership has been attending to legislative business as usual and does not discriminate against any of its members.
He expressed hope to talk with Sen. Ramon S. Guerrero and discuss his concerns on the way the upper house is conducting its business which he said “frustrates” him.
Mr. Guerrero wrote a memorandum the other day to the Senate leader informing him of his decision to move his office from the Legislature in Capitol Hill to Gualo Rai where he said he can best serve his constituents.
The decision was an off-shoot to what the senator claimed as lack of work in the Senate since there has been no committee meetings nor “leadership guidance” by the majority members.
Mr. Guerrero, who ran under the Reform Party, is the lone minority among the mostly Republican senators in the nine-member upper chamber, who does not head any of the committees.
But Mr. Manglona maintained he has given opportunities to all the members to air their concerns and that each committee has entertained bills they introduce, including that of Mr. Guerrero’s.
“I hope to talk to him as soon as possible just to find out what his frustrations are and what are his concerns because we have been working in the past several months already,” he told in an interview.
“The attitude of this Senate is to work together and address as much as possible our plans. I don’t know why at this point he felt the need to write such a letter but I know that we want to work together,” added the President.
Mr. Guerrero said he expects to move to his new office in the next few days where he will be centrally located within walking distance from government agencies, such as the Public Auditor’s Office, and within reach of those people who elected him into office last November.
