{"id":143549,"date":"2018-01-03T04:02:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T09:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=143549"},"modified":"2018-01-03T04:02:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T09:02:40","slug":"senate-values-quality-not-quantity-of-laws-passed-pimentel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/03\/senate-values-quality-not-quantity-of-laws-passed-pimentel\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate values quality, not quantity of laws passed: Pimentel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111428\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111428\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Pimentel also acknowledged that there are many more bills emanating from the House because local bills originate from the House. (Photo: By Albert Calvelo - Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain)\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Pimentel also acknowledged that there are many more bills emanating from the House because local bills originate from the House. <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=49078571\">(Photo: By Albert Calvelo &#8211; Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA\u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The Senate values the quality of laws passed more than its quantity, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel made this remark in response to the statement of PDP-Laban partymate House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who chided the Senate for being \u201c<em>mabagal na kapulungan<\/em>\u201d (slow congress).<\/p>\n<p>The Senate President said that he has previously responded to Alvarez telling him that the Senate is &#8220;<em>nag-aaral na kapulungan<\/em>&#8221; (studying congress).<\/p>\n<p>He urged Alvarez to \u201cchange\u201d his mindset and choose \u201cquality not quantity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us not judge lawmaking in terms of the number of laws passed but in terms of how the laws we pass improve the quality of life on earth in general and the quality of life of Filipinos in particular,\u201d Pimentel said in a text message to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel also acknowledged that there are many more bills emanating from the House because local bills originate from the House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll bills renaming and or merging schools, increasing hospital beds, etc, must and do come from the House,\u201d Pimentel said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we must all change our mindset &#8211; from quantity to quality,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014\u00a0The Senate values the quality of laws passed more than its quantity, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said Wednesday. 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