Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Arlene Brosas raised a howl on what she called “uncalled for macho theatrics” of Senator Robin Padilla over his remark on wanting to leave the Senate because he “can’t have women here.”
“We would like to remind Senator Robin Padilla that his job is to address gaps in current laws and not womanizing. Women should not be treated like mere objects that men can use on their spare time,” she said in a statement on Wednesday, Feb. 22.
Padilla is seeking to amend the 1987 Constitution through a Constituent Assembly that will only be limited to economic provisions. Two chambers of Congress—Senate and House of Representatives— would separately vote under the Con-Ass. During the Kapihan sa Manila Bay, Padilla, chair of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, said he was thinking of resigning from his post every day because he can’t have women in the Senate.
She said Padilla’s statement was “unbecoming of a public official” and violated the Code of Conduct for Public Officials, which states that “public officials shall always uphold the public interest over and above personal interest.”
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