PIA QUESTIONS VALIDITY OF SENATE SESSION, INSISTS '12 IS NOT 13'
Sen. Pia Cayetano challenged the validity of the Senate session convened by 12 senators, arguing that the Constitution and Senate rules require a majority of the chamber's 24 members.
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MAJORITY BOYCOTTS PLENARY SESSIONS - CAYETANO
JUST IN: Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano announced on a Facebook live stream that the majority bloc will not be attending the plenary sessions as retaliation for the minority bloc's walk out on a vote pushing for online participation in the Senate on May 26.
Cayetano also alleged that the minority senators are trying to overturn the leadership in the chamber to vacate the Blue Ribbon to stop the planned hearing on Thursday.
"Ginamit nila yung parliamentary tool na walk out para hindi matuloy ang pag-change ng rules. So ngayon po, ang majority ginagamit rin po yung rules sa tama, morally and legally, to ensure na hindi agawin ang mga committees para po matuloy ang hearing ng Blue Ribbon sa Thursday at ang ibaβt iba pang mga importanteng hearing sa bawat committee," he said. | πΈ: Cayetano/Facebook
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Hoy Alan Peter na mahilig umeksena at magpaandar, HINDI MO PAG-AARI ANG SENADO.
Palamunin ka ng taumbayan, hindi ka reyna.
Taumbayan ang dehado dahil swapang kang tuta ni Sara Duterte. You turned the last bastion of our democracy into a shitshow.
Punyeta ka!
#CayetanoResign
Absolute disrespect for the Filipino people. What entitlement.
Mag-boycott tayo.
Huwag mag trabaho.
Hayaan natin ang mga nakabinbing panukala.
Mga senador, binabayaran kayo ng taumbayan. Pambabastos ito sa Pilipino.
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 lapseβit 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.