Cherry

forever a Daddy's girl...

[Nico Quejano @nicoquejano]

I've been wondering on the inclusion of the priest. Turns out, most of the 18 are members of a certain religious [group].

So gets na yung attempt to tarnish the catholic church.

[Ꮆ Ꭵ Ꮛ @gesperas]

Ipapaalala ko lang po ang sinabi ni Mayor Vico Sotto:

“Hindi lang sila basta naglalaglagan, gusto nila magulo ang kwento. Gusto nila lituhin tayo. Gusto nila na di na natin malalaman ang totoo.”

"These are people who are really capable of lying without batting an eyelash."
https://t.co/w2hoo9sV3L

[Nico B. Valderrama @nbvneverquits]

Ganito na lang.

I-assume natin na pumasok kahapon ang lahat ng 22 Senators na maaaring pumasok, dahil bayad naman sila ng taumbayan para pumasok.

May quorum? Yes.

Ilan ang kailangang bumoto para makagalaw ang Senado sa isang ordinary motion? 12, dahil iyon ang majority ng 22 Senators present. Ngayon, kung may motion si Senator Sotto na i-declare na bakante ang lahat ng posisyon sa Senado, at 12 Senators ang bumoto pabor, ano ang resulta?

Mababakante ang mga posisyon, kasama ang Senate Presidency. Ganito rin nabakante ang mga posisyon nung huling namuno si Senator Sotto at nag-motion si Senator Villanueva nung May 11, 2026 to declare all Senate leadership positions vacant.

Makakahalal ba sila agad ng Senate President? Hindi, kung walang makakuha ng 13 votes. The Constitution requires the Senate President to be elected by majority vote of all the Members of the Senate.

Pero makakahalal ba sila ng Senate President Pro Tempore? Yes.

Bakit? Dahil ang Constitution mismo ang nagsasabi na each House shall choose such other officers as it may deem necessary. Ang Senate President Pro Tempore ay hindi Senate President. Isa siyang ibang officer na kinikilala ng Rules of the Senate na dapat ihalal ng majority of all members of the Senate.

So ano ang dapat gawin? I-harmonize ang Constitution at ang Rules of the Senate.
Dapat ba ang interpretation ay hahayaang walang mahalal at maparalisa ang Senado? Hindi. A reading that leaves the Senate unable to organize or transact business should be avoided, because the Constitution contemplates a functioning Senate, not a paralyzed chamber.

Hindi hinalal si Senator Gatchalian bilang Senate President Pro Tempore para pumalit kay Senator Legarda personally. Hinalal siya para punan ang posisyong nabakante dahil sa lehitimong motion ni Senator Sotto.
Hindi rin siya nahalal na Senate President by 12 votes.

Ang nangyari ay ito: nabakante ang Senate Presidency; walang nahalal na Senate President dahil walang 13 votes; ngunit may valid election ng Senate President Pro Tempore under the Constitution and the Rules of the Senate. By operation of the Rules of the Senate, the Senate President Pro Tempore acts as Senate President while the office is vacant.
Hindi lamang sinabi ng Avelino v. Cuenco na hindi kasama sa pag-determine ng quorum ang mga Senador na hindi maaaring i-compel na umattend. Sinabi rin ng kaso na makatwiran na bigyang-bisa ang nais ng nakararami, lalo na sa pagpili ng mamumuno sa Senado, dahil ang pagpili ng Senate leadership ay nakadepende sa will of its members.

Higit sa lahat, hindi pinapayagan ng Constitution na paralisado ang kahit isang Kapulungan ng Kongreso. Kailangan pa ba talagang isulat iyon? Kahit ang taumbayan, hindi papayag na hindi magtrabaho ang mga pinapasweldo nila sa gobyerno.

Kahit grade 1 student, pumapasok nang walang bayad dahil alam niyang tungkulin niyang mag-aral. Ang mga senador pa kaya? Sila itong may malaking budget para kumuha ng magagaling na abogado na magpapaliwanag kung ano ang maaari at hindi maaaring gawin sa Senado.

[Tito Sotto @sotto_tito]

When does 13 become 12? It’s when 24 becomes 22!

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

⚠️ Guys, wag kayo maniwala kay Jinggoy sa promise nya na hindi sya sesweldo habang naka kulong.

Una, hindi natin utang na loob sa kanya yun.

Ikalawa, automatic no pay yan once he is suspended by the Sandiganbayan under RA 3019 and RA 7080.

So no choice talaga.

No sweldo! 😂

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

Alan Peter Cayetano Resign!

Make it trend.
Make it real.
Make it happen.

🙏

#AlanPeterCayetanoResign

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Hindi impressive ang legal background kung ginagamit lang sa pangmamaliit. Mas nakakabahala ang may alam sa batas pero pinipiling baluktutin ito.

[DeusXMachina @DeusXMachina14]

Diocese of Cubao Bishop Elias Ayuban Jr. "kinamusta" si Pia Cayetano. The good bishop takes Pia on a trip down memory lane in the murderous Drug war.

[Patatas of Mindanao @tessgarcia]

When you cut down trees as thick as that, you can’t bring them back to life anymore. You can’t regrow them. It takes trees decades and centuries to grow to reach that girth. And older trees actually give off more oxygen than young ones.

DENR needs to be audited.

[PING LACSON @iampinglacson]

Quote of the day: “Parang walang nangyari”.

My two lady colleagues were speaking from different timelines and contexts.

Sen Risa challenged the Senate leadership to act quickly and appropriately to investigate the chaotic situation in the Senate that led to last week’s shooting incident and not act as if - “parang walang nangyari”.

Sen Pia took offense and turned emotional, calling out the members of the new minority bloc for trivializing the incident as if - “parang walang nangyari”.

Who is fair and who is unfair?

[Lynda Jumilla-Abalos @lyndajumilla]

Reminder that alan peter can lie with a straight face while quoting bibles verses on the side.

[PING LACSON @iampinglacson]

More on the Senate incident last night: He who has the MEANS, OPPORTUNITY and MOTIVE is the most probable suspect.

[Gerry Cacanindin @GerryCacanindin]

Bakit daw wala yung mga Minority Senators during the “attack”? Pinauwi lahat ng personnel earlier than the usual 7pm dismissal. Bilang mga law-abiding Senators, sumunod lang sila. Tanong niyo bakit naglagi pa yung Majority Senators kahit pinauwi na lahat.

[Mara Cepeda @maracepeda]

One thing is clear tonight: the Duterte-allied Senate bloc is willing to plunge the institution into chaos and to weaponise fear, all to shield one of their own from accountability.

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

⚠️ Hindi lang impeachment trial ang dehado dahil ang DuDirty 13 Senators na ang majority.

Patay na ang Anti Political Dynasty Bill ni Risa Hontiveros.

Patay na ang CADENA Bill ni Bam Aquino.

Patay na ang Flood Control report ni Ping Lacson.

Patay tayo nyan! ☠️

#DuDirty13

[The Bern @yesthatbern]

Trillanes also led the Oakwood Mutiny because he found something rotten with GMA only to be proved correct later on.

Trust Trillanes kapag may sinasabi syang katiwalian kasi most likely he’s telling the truth. He’s not doing it for show or personal gain.

[karl 🇵🇸 #MarcosMamamatayTao @eicvsfascism]

Hindi lang si Sara ang nais nilang pagtakpan, kaya nila sinipa si Sotto at ipinalit si APC.

Kasama sa 13 bumoto pabor sa pagtanggal kay Sotto ang TATLONG DDS SENATORS NA SANGKOT SA FLOOD CONTROL: CHIZ, JINGGOY, JOEL.

Gusto nilang ilibing ang Blue Ribbon report sa flood control.

[Int'l Criminal Court @IntlCrimCourt]

#ICC Office of the Prosecutor welcomes unsealing of arrest warrant for Ronald Dela Rosa in the Situation in the Philippines. ➡️https://t.co/JYZQkm0Elo

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

'LOYALTY TO PERSONALITIES IS BECOMING GREATER THAN LOYALTY TO THE CONSTITUTION'

READ: The Franciscan Province of San Pedro Bautista expressed its "moral outrage over the recent political maneuverings within the Senate that appear intended to protect vested interests and shield Vice President Sara Duterte from the constitutional process of impeachment and public accountability." | @AdrianINQ

[Fr. Ranhilio Aquino @RanhilioAquino]

STATEMENT OF LAW DEANS AND PROFESSORS
ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE VICE-PRESIDENT

We, the undersigned law deans and law professors, wish:

1. To laud the courageous Members of the House of Representatives who voted to impeach Vice-President Sarah Z. Duterte on the