The Senate suspended session yesterday and officially adopted a resolution expressing its profound sympathy and sincere condolences on the death of former senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago.
The chamber voted unanimously to approve Senate Resolution 179, filed by Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, in consideration of SR 181 filed by Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri and SR 182 filed by Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito.
All 24 senators were made co-authors of the resolution upon motion by Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III.
The resolution sought to honor the memory of Santiago, a senator from 1995 to 2001 and 2004 to 2016, former judge of the International Criminal Court, former secretary of agrarian reform, former commissioner of immigration and deportation, former presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court, a constitutional and international law expert and author.
"The passing of a great leader and hardworking public servant who had served the three branches of government, the executive, judiciary, and legislative, is a great loss not only to her bereaved family, but to the nation as well," the resolution said.
Santiago, also known as the "Iron Lady of Asia," succumbed to lung cancer on Sept. 29, 2016 at the age of 71.
Source: Philippine Star
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