And Espat got his turn right after to rebut Chang's claims. But as he was getting revved up, Chang started to leave the chambers, which set Espat off again. Here's how that went.
Julius Espat, Minister of Infrastructure Development and Housing
"Mr. Speaker, there is one personality that I totally disres I have no respect for, and that is a deceitful liar. The definition of a deceitful liar, Mr. Speaker, it says a person that focuses on lying to others regarding the facts."
"One term area rep, where you going? Okay. One term area rep, go eat. One term area rep, be responsible and sit down and take your lick. Go have some food one term, area rep, and we'll speak later."
"There is nothing on record. There is nothing in the budget. There is nothing printed. There is no interview given. There is no person that answered from our side that says the houses cost, that the people have to pay about $80,000 for these houses."
"That's a lie. Everybody knows that this program is heavily subsidized by government, nearly 75% subsidized by government. The houses are built approximately $60,000, and I'll explain why they are approximately $60,000. And the recipients pay a sum of $12,000 spaced out in 10 years."
"So when this member from Mesop gets up and says a blatant lie, that is what started the back and forth because it is irresponsible for somebody to come in here and says he, over the entire weekend, he was reviewing the budget stayed up till 2 in the morning and still manufactures the information to suit him. That is a deceitful liar."
