If you ask former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, he only pooh-poohs the much-vaunted Malacañang Palace hands as supposedly behind the ouster of erstwhile Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri. Sotto believes President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (PBBM) in particular had nothing to do in the most recent Senate leadership coup.
If you ask former Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, he only pooh-poohs the much-vaunted Malacañang Palace hands as supposedly behind the ouster of erstwhile Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri. Sotto believes President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in particular had nothing to do in the most recent Senate leadership coup.
Ejercito personally suspects there was Malacañang blessing that gained support for the removal of Zubiri. Ejercito raised the possibility that the “Solid 7” may align themselves with the two Senators in the minority bloc. If this new minority bloc gels, PBBM will see more Senators in the opposition ranks when he delivers his third state of the nation address on the opening day of sessions this July 22.
Under a “term-sharing” agreement with Pimentel, Sotto took over as Senate president during the second half of the term of 17th Congress. Sotto then got re-elected as Senate chief and served the entire term of the 18th Congress until he graduated from his second and last term in office in June 2022. Sotto actually started his political career as Quezon City Vice Mayor from 1988-1992. He drew all his experiences in politics to know the finer rudiments in dealing with the “power-that-be” in Malacañang.
Enrile served as Senate chief until he resigned on the last session day of Congress when nine of PNoy’s handpicked candidates and three from the opposition won in the May 2013 Senate race. In a privilege speech, Enrile assailed accusations against him by some of his Senate colleagues, including the “cash gifts” he supposedly gave to favored senators.Coming in two days before the 19th Congress adjourned sine die, the latest leadership change at the Senate actually came as anti-climax.
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