A 21-year-old college student, Mark Joseph Duque has filed an ethics complaint against Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and former majority bloc members due to a three-day absence from the senate sessions. 

According to a complainant, political conflict should not affect their duties amidst a crisis.

“Unang-una po, hindi dapat inuuna ang pulitika sa panahon ngayon na nagtataasan ang presyo ng langis at pangalawa po, dapat isinasantabi ang mga galit at sarili po nilang hidwaan,” he said

[“First of all, politics should not be prioritized at a time when oil prices are rising, and second, they should set aside their anger and personal conflicts.”]

Duque added that their absences could be considered a negligence of duty.

“Halata naman po ba negligence of duty po yong ginagawa nila kasi unang-una po sa lahat, hindi sila nag-convene na dapat ay trabaho ng mga kongresista at mga senador. 

[“It’s obvious that what they did was a negligence of duty because, first and foremost, they didn’t convene, which is a part of their job as lawmakers and senators.”]