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[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

SOLID BLOC 11: ALAN PETER CAYETANO RESIGN!

What happened today was a clear abandonment of responsibility, a dereliction of duty, and a blatant disregard of the rules that govern this institution, because the Senate cannot be made to stop working simply because its presiding officer refuses to lead.

Under Rule XIV, Sec. 41 of the Rules of the Senate, the Senate President may postpone the holding of the session AFTER consultation with the Majority Leader AND the Minority Leader. That rule was violated. This is not merely a procedural lapse—it is a direct violation of the Rules of the Senate and a serious disrespect for the institution and the Filipino people.

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano SHOULD RESIGN as he has shown that he cannot function as the leader of the Senate.

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

SOLID BLOC 11: THIS IS NOT SENATE INDEPENDENCE BUT A BOYCOTT OF DUTY

The Solid Bloc 11 minority senators were present today for the 5 p.m. resumption of session, ready to work, ready to vote on pending bills and ready to keep the Senate running, but the majority led by SP Cayetano chose not to show up.

They did not even have the courtesy to inform us when they ignored the rules, and could not extend the basic decency of telling the minority that they had no intention of convening.

Let us focus on the work, because the Senate has serious business before it, and if the majority wants to protest, deliver privilege speeches or defend its position, the proper place to do that is on the floor, not by making the chamber stand still.

Ang Senado ay hindi pag-aari ng iisang may hawak ng gavel. Institusyon ito ng taumbayan at napakadaming mahalagang panukala ang nabibinbin dahil sa drama ng mayorya.

Important measures were left hanging because of the majority’s boycott, including the Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers, the Anti-Hospital Detention Bill, the confirmation of generals before the Commission on Appointments and the bills granting Philippine citizenship to Bennie Boatwright III and Matthew James Ramos.

Let us call this for what it is: the claim that this is about Senate independence is false, because what happened today was about the rule of law, public accountability and a lawful process before the Ombudsman and the Sandiganbayan that no senator, no bloc and no presiding officer controls.

This is a boycott because of the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada, and the public should not be asked to believe another convenient line from a leadership that has repeatedly twisted the truth.

Today was a step toward accountability in a controversy that the public has long demanded action on, and after years of people asking why nothing was happening in flood control investigations, it is unacceptable to suddenly call the rule of law an attack on the Senate.

Is Senate President Alan Cayetano now questioning the rule of law?

Sa totoo lang, ang gusto nila ay kampihan, hindi prinsipyo. Gusto nila sumama kami sa boycott, patahimikin ang Senado at gamitin ang minority para manatili ang Senate President sa puwesto habang iniiwasan ang tunay na test of numbers sa floor.

This may be the first time in decades that Senate work stopped because the presiding officer himself refused to work, because even during typhoons and the height of the pandemic, work was suspended only because of necessity or because systems still had to be set up, not because the leadership chose a boycott of duty.

The public has every right to ask whether SP Cayetano is repeating what he did in the House of Representatives, when questions were raised about a leader refusing to step aside, refusing to convene and holding up proceedings when the numbers were no longer certain.

The question now is just as serious: will they do this again for the next two session days, and will they keep the Senate idle simply to avoid facing the numbers on the floor?

The Senate should open its doors, call the session to order and return to work, because no Facebook post, no appeal to institutional pride and no political drama can erase the basic duty of senators to show up, follow the law and serve the people.

And lastly, we call on the Filipino people to watch the Senate closely, because when an institution refuses to work, public vigilance becomes the people’s first line of defense.

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE SENATE MINORITY WALKOUT

We strongly condemn what appears to be an attempt to rush a major change in the Senate Rules, especially when several members of the minority still wanted to speak and raise serious questions on the floor.

Bakit kailangang madaliin? Bakit kailangang pigilan ang mga gustong magsalita? Bakit kailangang i-divide ang house kung marami pang senador ang nagtatanong tungkol sa proseso?

Minamadali ba ang rule change na ito dahil gusto nilang maka boto si Senator Bato? At ngayong may mga ulat na may mga majority senators na maaaring arestuhin?

We walked out because what happened on the floor looked less like orderly deliberation. The proposed rule change affects how senators may attend sessions, participate in proceedings and exercise their mandate through remote means, and such a measure should be opened to healthy public debate instead of being rushed by the tyranny of the majority.

We have always welcomed healthy discussions on the floor, but this should mean allowing all members to be heard, not forcing the chamber to move at the speed preferred by the majority.

At the time the motion was taken up, there was no duly constituted Committee on Rules and there was not even an elected Majority Leader who could properly guide a rules amendment through the regular process.

How could there have been any action or discussion before the Committee on Rules when no Committee on Rules has been organized to date?

With due respect, the answer that no Senate rule had been violated does not settle the matter, because the rules cannot be treated as a matter of convenience when the very process for amending them is under serious question.

The timing raises a question that the public deserves to hear debated openly. Kaya pinili naming tumayo at iwan ang majority sa plenary. Kaya kami nagdesisyon to question the quorum and call for adjournment.

If the proposal is truly defensible, then let it pass through the proper route.

We owe it to the people who voted for us to do our mandate. This is why we want more time to discuss this further.

[ricci @ricci_richy]

Paolo Duterte got 51B infra funds during his father’s term. What happened to the funds? Why is Davao City getting flooded now?

[Cristian Cofino  @cristiancofino_]

ILANG SINUNGALING PA ILALABAS NG ISANG SENATE PRESIDENT ALLAN PETER CAYETANO?!

NAILABAS NA ANG CCTV FOOTAGE SA LOOB NG SENADO. MULAT NA MULAT ANG KABATAAN NGAYON, ALAM NAMIN KUNG ANO ANG MALI SA HINDI AT TULAD NITO MALING MALI KA APC!

OUST CAYETANO

Copy from Bilyonaryo

[sel ( ◠‿◠. ) @moonhyhunex]

don’t look away. speak up about this.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.

Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us — one of home, tradition and memory over generations.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

do not forget about Congo. they’re going through a genocide and not enough people are talking about it.
please speak up for Congo

[JonaxxGirlie @heyitsjgirly]

Saw this somewhere. News feed cleansing 🌸🌷💞

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Nakababahala ang nangyayari sa Senado kagabi. Sa gitna ng tensyon, dapat manaig ang batas, kaligtasan, at paggalang sa proseso.

Sa mga panahong ganito, binibigyan rin nating pagpupugay ang katapangan ng mga mamamahayag na patuloy na naghahatid ng impormasyon sa gitna ng panganib. Kayo ang nagsisilbing gabay ng taumbayan tungo sa katotohanan.

We must protect our people and our institutions. We must never allow rule of law to be weakened or used as a shield for the privileged few.

[Philstar.com @PhilstarNews]

‘ALL THIS FOR A MAN WHO SIMPLY DOESN’T WANT TO FACE THE LAW’

Sen. Risa Hontiveros pushed back against attempts to link minority senators to the Senate incident, saying the narrative being spread is politically motivated.

“There is only one reason some bad faith actors are trying very hard to make this controversial event about me and other Minority senators and the times we went home. All this for a man who simply doesn’t want to face the law. That’s it. That’s the whole story,” she said.

Hontiveros stressed that Senate employees had already gone home and that she was in the province for a scheduled engagement, rejecting what she described as politicization of routine movements.

She also called for accountability and urged Sen. Ronald Dela Rosa to cooperate with authorities, saying the public deserves a full, independent and transparent accounting of the incident.

Read: https://t.co/9nbZFp00dP

[TAMTAM🌺 @dahliadenoire]

israelis trashed a pro-palestinian cafe in siargao and physically assaulted the lumad owner (indigenous!!) and this demon 'ambassador' didn't even show up at the town hall meeting. expel zionists and abolish the embassy already 🙄

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Magkakaroon sana ng hearing sa Senado kahapon tungkol sa mataas na singil sa kuryente, kaso inuna ang rigodon. Habang nag-aagawan ng silya, dinedema na naman ang taumbayan. Simulan na dapat ang hearing nito sa Kamara!

Cancelled ang joint hearing ngayon ng Senate Committees on Ways and Means, Energy, at Public Services tungkol sa mataas na singil sa kuryente.

Noong nakaraang linggo, inihain ng Akbayan Reform Bloc ang House Resolution No. 995. Pinaiimbestigahan nito ang mataas na power bills at ang iba’t ibang charges na ipinapasa sa consumers tulad ng generation charge, transmission charge, system loss charge, universal charge, Lifeline Subsidy charge, FIT-All, GEA-All, missionary electrification charge, at buwis.

Pinapasuri din nito ang posibleng amendments sa EPIRA Law, pati ang mga patakaran ng Energy Regulatory Commission, para masiguro na ang sistema ng kuryente ay patas at para sa kapakanan ng taumbayan.

Simulan na dapat ang hearing nito sa Kamara!

[ㄱ ㅌ ㅎ @_KTH1230]

@Ab__Majesty @paloma_datgirl @OxAbbe As if we have a working canon for each and every avatar that existed within the 10,000 years of the first cycle lol

[risa hontiveros @risahontiveros]

We owe the Filipino people much, much better than this.

[ㄱ ㅌ ㅎ @_KTH1230]

@BLEEC0N @makatiboklu @vivalasdrag As if sharing a win ever mattered and was counted as a “half” win lol

[Kia 🧸ྀི @xevekiah]

PERIOD.

[ㄱ ㅌ ㅎ @_KTH1230]

@juicysblush Cuz she went up against snoop dogg 😭