(UPDATE) OUSTED Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri and his allies formed the 'Magic 7' bloc 'to support one another' Tuesday amid a shakeup in the upper chamber arising from a leadership change.
OUSTED Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri and his allies formed the 'Magic 7' bloc 'to support one another' Tuesday amid a shakeup in the upper chamber arising from a leadership change.Sen. Francis Escudero on Monday staged a coup against Zubiri as he secured the signatures of 14 fellow senators to unseat the latter. Zubiri managed to retain the support of his 'seatmates' group, Sens.
I mean, there are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. It's very surreal. It seems in a twilight zone,' Zubiri added.Some committee chairmanships are still up for grabs after these were vacated by Zubiri's allies. However, some senators in the majority bloc also expressed the desire to give up some of their committee chairmanships.On his first day as Senate presiding officer, Escudero said, 'We did not expect and we were not aware of those resignations.
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