Pia blasts 'Bato' critics: Quit being smart alecks

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTxMv0f7rik?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano who is poised to get a seat in the Senate has gamely volunteered to train former police and corrections chief Ronald Dela Rosa on lawmaking.&quot;I was gonna say one-on-one kita kasi I love talking about the law. One of my frustrations is to be a law professor,&quot; Cayetano said in an interview on ANC&#x27;s Headstart on Tuesday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/15/19/meron-bang-seminar-diyan-bato-eyes-training-on-lawmaking">&#x27;Meron bang seminar diyan?&#x27;: Bato eyes training on lawmaking</a></li></ul>Cayetano defended Dela Rosa after netizens began attacking him for admitting to not knowing about the work that senators do in the Senate.&quot;Quit being smart alecks. People on social media, you think you know it all? We don&#x27;t. That is why people love Bato, people love the President because they are so candid. Bato freaking has a masters in business ad and PhD--bow ako sa iyo--but he conducts himself so candidly. He&#x27;s one of the most humble persons I know so when he asks for a seminar, I didn&#x27;t think twice about it. Magvo-volunteer ako,&quot; she said.She added: &quot;Do you want all your senators to be lawyers? Good luck to us...You don&#x27;t want that.&quot;Dela Rosa, a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy is holder of a master&#x27;s degree in public administration and a doctorate in development administration from the University of Southern Philippines.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/18/19/bato-challenges-detractors-to-iq-test">&#x27;Bato&#x27; challenges detractors to IQ test</a></li></ul>In a previous interview, Dela Rosa said there is nothing wrong about admitting to his limitations and in seeking ways to improve himself to become an effective legislator.&quot;Someone with masters and PhD obviously have so much absorptive capacity to learn many things,&quot; Cayetano added.Dela Rosa remained on the top five of senatorial bets with the most number of votes garnered at 18,805,908, as of 7 p.m. Monday. Cayetano, who also belongs in the top five with 19,635,613 votes, said she would like to see people like Dela Rosa to actually attend seminars for new neophyte senators.&quot;Because from what I recall, hindi nag-aattend ng seminar ang mga tao. Ang mag-aattend mga staff nila. Kaya magagaling staff namin,&quot; she said.Senator Panfilo &quot;Ping&quot; <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/15/19/bato-need-not-worry-lacson-says-senate-to-train-new-members">Lacson</a> earlier said he’d take Dela Rosa under his wing just like in &quot;plebehood&quot; or the initial training period for new members of the cadet corps.Lacson and Dela Rosa are both former national police chiefs and alumni of the Philippine Military Academy.

MANILA - Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano who is poised to get a seat in the Senate has gamely volunteered to train former police and corrections chief Ronald Dela Rosa on lawmaking.

MANILA - Taguig Rep. Pia Cayetano who is poised to get a seat in the Senate has gamely volunteered to train former police and corrections chief Ronald Dela Rosa on lawmaking.

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Pia blasts 'Bato' critics: Quit being smart alecks

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Published May 21, 2019 09:49 AM PHT

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