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Claim: Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero was suspended from office.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has gained 28,000 views, 128 comments, and 1,200 likes, as of writing.
The text in the caption reads: “Breaking News PH! Chiz Suspendedo na? Hala ka napa-amen ang kamara?” (Chiz is already suspended? The chamber says amen.)
The facts: Escudero is still the Philippines’ Senate President, the upper chamber’s website shows.
Senators can only be expelled or suspended with the concurrence of two-thirds of all Senate members, according to Article VI, Section 16, of the Constitution:
“Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds of all its Members, suspend or expel a Member. A penalty of suspension, when imposed, shall not exceed sixty days.”
The Senate has the discretion to determine what constitutes disorderly behavior.
The video also did not show any evidence to support its claim.
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‘Blank’ budget: The video merely focuses on numerous blanks contained in the bicameral conference committee report on the disagreements between the House and the Senate on the House-approved General Appropriations Bill. (READ: 2025 budget ‘blanks’: Billions involved in DA adjustments after ratification)
Allies of former president Rodrigo Duterte, led by former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez and Davao City 3rd District Isidro Ungab, are petitioning the Supreme Court to declare the 2025 national budget unconstitutional.
It was Ungab who first flagged the unfilled line items, but allies of the Marcos administration later insisted that legislative technical staff were authorized to make final ministerial corrections.
Reacting to the petition filed with the Supreme Court, Escudero said critics’ allegations of unconstitutionality were “unfair” and undermined Congress’ work.
On February 4, the Supreme Court directed Congress and the executive department to comment on petitions challenging the constitutionality of the 2025 national budget. – James Patrick Cruz/Rappler.com
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