House spox blames Senate for failing P200 wage hike

A House of Representatives spokesperson blamed the Senate for failing to pass a legislated P200 wage hike during the 19th Congress.

Atty. Princess Abante claimed that despite the bill passing in both houses, the Senate did not convene a bicameral conference committee to reconcile differences before adjournment.

Sen. Joel Villanueva accused the House of setting up the wage hike bill for failure and said it was 'dead-on-arrival' at the Senate.

Senate President Francis Escudero criticized the House for sending the bill at the last minute, leaving little time for discussion and the convening of a bicameral conference committee.

Labor groups blamed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., his economic advisers, and unnamed 'accomplices' for the failed passage of the bill, which will have to be filed again in the 20th Congress.