Senate feud: Nancy files ethics complaint vs Alan Peter

Sen. Nancy Binay filed yesterday an ethics complaint against colleague Sen.

- CECILLE SUERTE FELIPE

Alan Peter Cayetano for various offenses, including describing her as “buang” or crazy and accusing her of disrupting a Senate public hearing.

In a 25-page complaint, Binay said Cayetano violated the Senate rules that prohibit senators from making unparliamentary remarks against fellow legislators. As chair of the Senate committee on accounts, Cayetano presided over the July 3 hearing on the review of the construction of the new Senate building.

Binay said Cayetano violated laws such as the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for public officials and employees, Civil Code of the Philippines and the Magna Carta of Women.

“Sen. Cayetano is also a lawyer who has a standard to follow. It was not only the standard of the senators, but the standard of lawyers that he violated during the hearing. No. 1, the name calling when he said, your name is Lourdes, not Marites,” Binay said.

“Marites” is a slang often used to refer to a person, typically a woman, who is excessively talkative, chatty or gossipy. It is derived from the expression “Mare, anong latest?” and has taken on a humorous and light-hearted meaning in colloquial language.