{"id":118372,"date":"2017-09-18T22:37:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T02:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=118372"},"modified":"2017-09-18T22:37:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T02:37:08","slug":"give-lawmakers-more-leeway-for-minor-traffic-violations-farinas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/09\/18\/give-lawmakers-more-leeway-for-minor-traffic-violations-farinas\/","title":{"rendered":"Give lawmakers more leeway for minor traffic violations: Fari\u00f1as"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90738\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13906727_10153541093252271_8371142423887165085_n-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90738\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13906727_10153541093252271_8371142423887165085_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as (Photo: House of Representatives of the Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13906727_10153541093252271_8371142423887165085_n-1.jpg 590w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/13906727_10153541093252271_8371142423887165085_n-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as (Photo: House of Representatives of the Philippines\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">MANILA <\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: #333333;background: white\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\"> House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as on Monday asked the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to excuse congressmen from minor traffic violations especially when Congress is in session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">During a hearing of the House transportation committee, Fari\u00f1as said lawmakers should be given more leeway for minor traffic violations to help them carry out their duties as representatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">&#8220;\u2019Pag nagpakilalang congressman, huwag ninyong dalhin sa presinto. Kasi kapag dinala sa presinto, hindi na siya makakapag-perform ng kaniyang functions,\u201d Fari\u00f1as said. (If he presents himself as a congressman, don\u2019t bring him to prison. If you bring him there, he will not be able to perform his functions (as representative).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Fari\u00f1as said legislators may invoke parliamentary immunity during session hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">Under Section 11, Article VI of the Constitution, \u201ca Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall, in all offenses punishable by not more than six years imprisonment, be privileged from arrest while the Congress is in session.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">\u201cNo Member shall be questioned nor be held liable in any other place for any speech or debate in the Congress or in any committee thereof,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: black\">In a message thread with House reporters, Fari\u00f1as clarified that members of Congress are not immune or privileged from suits or cases, but shall \u201cbe privileged from arrest while the Congress is in session.\u201d (PNA)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2014 House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fari\u00f1as on Monday asked the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to excuse congressmen from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":90738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[24200,5858,24199],"class_list":["post-118372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-farinas","tag-lawmakers","tag-minor-traffic-violations","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}