MANILA, Dec. 2 -- Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday said the proper avenue for questioning the absences of lawmakers is through an ethics complaint.

Sotto said Congress has no "no work, no pay" provision under the Constitution or Senate rules, adding that attendance issues should be resolved through established accountability processes, not by altering long-standing legislative practices.

"Walang ganong rule sa mga legislator. Siguro kung merong mga kababayan tayo na gustong panagutin ang isang legislator, mag-file sila ng ethics complaint (There is no such rule for legislators. If our countrymen want to hold a legislator accountable, they should file an ethics complaint)," he said in an interview.

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