The Senate on Tuesday approved on second reading the highly controversial bill seeking to divide the province of Camarines Sur into two provinces.
House Bill 4820 seeks to divide Camarines Sur into two provinces and create the new province of Nueva Camarines.
Should HB 4820 be passed into law, the new province will only be created after it gets ratified in a plebiscite.
Sen. Joker Arroyo had earlier opposed the passage of the bill, saying it will only benefit feuding political families in the province.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV had accused Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile of railroading the bill on the request of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose son supposedly stands to benefit from the division. — Kimberly Jane Tan/KBK, GMA News
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