Philippine president urges senators to end boycott

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos warned on Wednesday that important laws may be derailed as senators backing Vice President Sara Duterte stopped attending sessions ahead of her impeachment trial next month.Pro-Duterte lawmakers began a Senate boycott this week after losing majority control, with one lawmaker arrested for large-scale corruption and another in hiding to avoid arrest by the International Criminal Court.“The legislature is now in disarray,” Marcos told reporters.“Get back to work because it’s important; we have a lot of work to do … We have to pass a lot of laws.”Marc

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