Minority bloc vows to stop Senate passage of Maharlika bill

MANILA, Philippines --- Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko"PimentelIII on Saturdaysaid the minority bloc will do everything to prevent the passage of the Senate bill seeking to establish the controversialMaharlika Investment Fund. "We will do everything in the minority to prevent its passage," Pimentel said in a DWIZ radio interview. Pimentel said he and Senator Risa Hontiveros will interpellate to scrutinize the Maharlika bill, emphasizing that it will cause harm rather than provide benefits. "Senator Risa Hontiveros and I plan to interpellate, they should grant us that. And my request to the majority is to allow me to summarize, I will summarize all our observations and...

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