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SENATE Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III has urged Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero to implement a mandatory random drug testing in the Senate following reports on alleged marijuana use of a worker within its premises.Sotto wrote a letter to Escudero in a bid to keep the Senate a drug-free workplace.“Last August 13, 2025, several news articles circulated regarding an alleged use of marijuana within the Senate premises, particularly on the 5th floor,” he said.
Under Sotto’s leadership in the Senate in 2018, it conducted a mandatory random drug testing in accordance with Republic Act 9165, or the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002; Civil Service Commission Resolution 1700653 dated March 15, 2017, or the Mandatory Random Drug Test for Public Officials and Employees; and Senate Policy Order 2018-002 , or the Revised Policy on Random Drug Testing in the Senate of the Philippines.
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