Senate minority floor leader Alan Peter Cayetano and Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile. INQUIRER.net FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile’s famous line: “E yung kahoy..? (And what about the wood?)” has now become a running joke even to Senator Alan Peter Cayetano’s family.
Cayetano said Enrile’s comment during their heated debate Wednesday over the use of Senate funds, provided a comic relief to his family, who are still grieving over the loss of his father, the late Senator Rene Cayetano .
“Sa amin parang kahapon lang siya nawala. Iyon na lang ang ginagawa naming patawa. ‘E ‘yong kahoy…,” he told reporters on Friday.
During a heated exchange on the floor Wednesday, Enrile suddenly brought up an alleged debt by the late senator to him amounting to P37 million and quizzed Cayetano how they paid for their house.
And when Cayetano said they paid their house through a bank loan, Enrile said: “E yung mga kahoy… saan nanggaling? (And what about the wood… where they came from?)”
“I think it’s irrelevant and immaterial to the discussion. Pero medyo na shock at natawa din,” Cayetano said.