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October 12, 2016

EMERGENCY POWERS HEARING CONTINUES: Senator Grace Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services and Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto preside over the continuation of public hearing on the emergency powers being sought for the Duterte administration to address the transport crisis, Wednesday, October 12, 2016. “Giving the president emergency powers raises concerns about concentration of powers as this could easily be abused. There are fears that if we grant emergency powers for this issue, we open the floodgates to granting emergency powers for other so-called “crisis or emergencies”. We must be clear on what those emergency powers will be used for and whether they can effectively address the problems,” Poe said. (PRIB Photo by Romeo Bugante/12 October 2016)

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