Gordon raises a legit issue, why is there a Senate family tour?

Gordon raises a legit issue, why is there a Senate family tour?

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Sen. Richard Gordon Tuesday questioned the participation of three Cayetanos in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, which started Monday and ends Wednesday.

Senators Pia and Alan Peter Cayetano and his wife Laarni, who is Taguig representative, are part of the Philippine delegation to the IPU, Gordon said.

"It’s a family tour," he noted.

The other members of the delegation, Senate President Manuel Villar Jr. and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., also went with their respective spouses but this was the practice at the IPU, according to reports. Gordon, meanwhile, could not say who went with Senators Jamby Madrigal and Loren Legarda.

Gordon said he was in Geneva for a convention of the International Red Cross last week but chose not to stay for the IPU because it was not significant. He said he had attended the event once before and nothing much was achieved.

Gordon was particularly peeved at the inaction of the Senate on his proposal to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set for Oct. 29. He said he could not understand why the session was cut short for the IPU.

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