MANILA, Philippines --- Out of delicadeza, Senator Loren Legarda said she abstained from voting on a bill, granting a "nonexclusive" 25-year franchise to a solar firm owned by her son, Leandro Leviste. Voting 16-0 with one abstention, the Senate on May 27 approved on third and final reading the franchise of Solar Para sa Bayan Corp. (SPSB). READ:Legarda son's solar firm secures legislative franchise "As you know, I abstained. That's my son's company of which I'm not an owner," she said at the regular Kapihan sa Senado. "On the words of the sponsor, it's a social justice legislation. But I abstained out of delicadeza because it's owned by my son, a 25-year-old en...
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