Congressmen and Senators, regarding House Bill 3306, your premise is incorrect. There is no need for House Bill 3306. I will try to write this in English as simple as I could muster, so you may understand:

The spirit of the bill says “gives the accused the right to respond to in Mass Media”.

• Isn’t it the job of the courts to hear disputes and to settle it?
• Doesn’t the Constitution already guarantee Freedom of Expression, and Freedom of Speech for every Filipino? All it takes is one letter to the editor to explain your side of the story, or to request a news program to interview you. Last I checked they are very much willing to do such thing.
• In this age of the Internet? pfft, anyone can just open a blog. So you want to say your side? Blog it. YouTube it. Twitter it. Facebook it. And I cringe to be tying this: friendster it.
• Did you see that farce on Hayden Kho and his sex tape being aired on National Television? That wasn’t the worst of it. It was taking the Senate’s time. And that time, was being paid for by the People. And that time is best spent discussing issues of State.
• The Filipino People maybe entertained with all your stories about your private lives or how you are all blood innocent, surely, the wisest course is to put this country’s interest above your own.

Frak.

• This bill shows how utterly shallow and brainless you people are. Please do you fraking jobs.

And this part that @wakus quoted?

Palatino noted that Section 1 of HB 3306 (Right of Reply) states, “all persons, natural or judicial, who are accused directly or indirectly of committing, having committed, or are criticized by innuendo, suggestion or rumor for any lapse in behavior in public or private life shall have the right to reply to charges or criticisms published in newspapers, magazines, newsletters, or publications circulated commercially or for free, or aired or broadcast over radio, television, websites or through any electronic device.”

You are legalizing being an idiot, gossip, farce and schadenfreude. You are institutionalizing all four. If you are a politician, you shouldn’t have an Onion skin and if you do, don’t run for public office. And for celebrities: don’t do your laundry in public. This country needs to do the nation’s business. Get your heads right out of your asses and work! Whether or not this country goes into recession is beside the point: there is much more work to be done.

Dear reader, I am embedding a copy of the bill for your perusal too:
House Bill 3306 Right to Reply

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