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Senate Pro Tempore\u00a0Ralph Recto. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2013 Senate Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said the Senate has the sole\u00a0power to suspend or expel its members as provided for under the Constitution.<\/p>\n\n

Recto raised this issue after the Office of the Ombudsman filed\u00a0petitions before the Sandiganbayan seeking to suspend Senators\u00a0Jose \u201cJinggoy\u201d Estrada and Ramon \u201cBong\u201d Revilla Jr., who are both charged with plunder and graft over the \u201cpork barrel\u201d scam.<\/p>\n\n

Senator Juan Ponce Enrile had also\u00a0been charged with plunder and graft\u00a0 but the anti-graft court has yet to issue an arrest warrant against him.<\/p>\n\n

Recto said at first that it would be ministerial on the part of the Senate if the court would order the suspension of the three senators.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cAlthough it\u2019s a ticklish\u00a0issue, it\u2019s for the lawyers to decide, because constitutionally, it\u2019s only the Senate who can expel its members so I\u2019m not sure,\u201d he told reporters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n

The senator then cited the case\u00a0 of\u00a0 former President and now\u00a0 Pampanga Representative \u00a0Gloria\u00a0 Macapagal-Arroyo, who has also been charged with\u00a0 plunder\u00a0 but\u00a0 continued\u00a0 to perform her work\u00a0 while in hospital detention.<\/p>\n\n

It was only this Tuesday that\u00a0 the Sandiganbayan ordered\u00a0 Arroyo\u2019s suspension for 90-days\u00a0 on the graft\u00a0 charges\u00a0 filed against her in connection with the anomalous NB-ZTE \u00a0deal when she was still president.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not a lawyer but I know there\u2019s a constitutional provision that we are\u00a0the only one who can suspend\u00a0 a member through the ethics committee,\u201d \u00a0Recto said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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