{"id":186042,"date":"2018-10-19T22:57:58","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T02:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=186042"},"modified":"2018-10-19T22:57:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T02:57:58","slug":"duterte-doesnt-interfere-senate-affairs-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/19\/duterte-doesnt-interfere-senate-affairs-palace\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte doesn&#8217;t interfere in Senate affairs: Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_186030\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186030\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44204133_747260168942371_3408273599843270656_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-186030\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44204133_747260168942371_3408273599843270656_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44204133_747260168942371_3408273599843270656_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/44204133_747260168942371_3408273599843270656_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186030\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Presidential Spokesperson and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Secretary Salvador S. Panelo holds a press briefing for the Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps (MPC) at the New Executive Building (NEB) in Malaca\u00f1ang. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/photos\/pcb.747260462275675\/747260165609038\/?type=3&amp;amp;theater\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PresSpokespersonPH\/\">Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said President Rodrigo Duterte won\u2019t interfere with the functions of the Senate amid detained Senator Leila de Lima\u2019s call to investigate Chinese businessman Michael Yang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President does not interfere with a co-equal branch of government. Neither does he interferes with the functions and duties of the its members,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo replied when asked to comment on De Lima\u2019s resolution.<\/p>\n<p>De Lima, who is facing illegal drug charges, has filed a Senate resolution seeking inquiry into the appointment of foreign nationals to public posts.<\/p>\n<p>She particularly mentioned Yang, also known as Yang Hong Ming, who has been publicly issuing business cards which identify him as presidential economic adviser.<\/p>\n<p>De Lima said Yang is using the official seal of the Office of the President of the Philippines and the official logo of his firm, Full Win Company.<\/p>\n<p>Duterte has denied that Yang is his presidential economic adviser, declaring that he cannot be an official appointee, being a Chinese citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Despite clarification from the President, De Lima asked the appropriate Senate committee to conduct investigation, saying there is a need to inquire into the citizenship of presidential appointees as public office held by a foreign national is inimical to the public interest and welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not a question of allowing. As I said, the President does not interfere with an co-equal branch. The Senate has its own protocol of inviting resource persons. The President has nothing to with that,\u201d said Panelo, who is also chief presidential legal counsel, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Friday said President Rodrigo Duterte won\u2019t interfere with the functions of the Senate amid detained Senator Leila &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":186030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-jelly-musico","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186042","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}