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Trillanes has most number of bills filed despite poor Senate attendance

Trillanes has most number of bills filed despite poor Senate attendance

Sherrie Ann Torres,

ABS-CBN News

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Senator Antonio Trillanes IV. ABS-CBN News file photo

MANILA - He may have registered the lowest attendance in the Senate at the last session but Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV filed the most number of bills in the chamber, data from his office showed.

A report by Trillanes' office revealed that the opposition senator filed a total of 232 bills and co-authored 24 proposed measures.

This despite being present in only 52 session days out of 79, and going on 20 official missions.

Trillanes was followed by Sen. JV Ejercito who filed 150 bills and co-authored 30 others, and Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto with 135 bills and 14 co-authored proposals.

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Other senators authored the following number of bills:

  • Bam Aquino — 131
  • Loren Legarda — 129
  • Sonny Angara — 113
  • Grace Poe — 102
  • Francis Escudero — 101
  • Sherwin Gatchalian — 92
  • Joel Villanueva — 71
  • Nancy Binay — 67
  • Miguel Zubiri — 59
  • Aquilino Pimentel III — 56
  • Leila de Lima — 54
  • Richard Gordon — 46
  • Panfilo Lacson — 46
  • Cynthia Villar — 45
  • Risa Hontiveros — 44
  • Vicente Sotto III — 41
  • Manny Pacquiao — 31
  • Francis Pangilinan - 29
  • Gringo Honasan - 24
  • Franklin Drilon - 23

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Meanwhile, Poe had the most number of resolutions filed with 89 aside from 36 she co-authored.

De lima follows her with 75 principally authored resolutions and 23 co-authored ones. Binay comes in third with 62 resolutions she wrote and 40 others she co-authored.

Other senators filed the following number of resolutions:

  • Bam Aquino — 56
  • Sonny Angara — 46
  • Miguel Zubiri — 39
  • Joel Villanueva — 36
  • Manny Pacquiao — 36
  • Aquilino Pimentel III — 34
  • JV Ejercito — 32
  • Antonio Trillanes IV — 27
  • Ralph Recto — 27
  • Cynthia Villar — 26
  • Vicente Sotto III — 26
  • Sherwin Gatchalian — 25
  • Loren Legarda — 23
  • Risa Hontiveros — 21
  • Francis Pangilinan — 15
  • Richard Gordon — 14
  • Panfilo Lacson — 13
  • Franklin Drilon — 6
  • Gringo Honasan — 4
  • Francis Escudero — 1

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