Hontiveros rejects comparison of videoconferencing push to De Lima case

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros rejected comparisons between the Senate majority’s current push for videoconferencing and the 2021 call to allow then-Senator Leila de Lima to join sessions and committee hearings remotely. In a Facebook post on Wednesday afternoon, May 27, 2026, Hontiveros said the two situations were different. READ: Lito Lapid mi-sulti kang Pia Cayetano: Mahal kita! “Hindi pwedeng ikumpara itong ‘videoconferencing’ push ng Senate majority ngayon sa panawagan noong 2021 para payagan ang pagsali sa sesyon at committee hearings ni noo’y Senator De Lima,” she said. (They should not compare this ‘videoconferencing’ push of the Senate […]...

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