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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. 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. 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.

'𝐎𝐧𝐬𝐞', 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞- 𝐒𝐏 𝐂𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐨 'One of their intent is to not allow the electronic or teleconferencing or any kind of online voting para 'pag sila ang majority sa floor aagawin nila yung mga committee at 'pag naagaw yung mga committee sila naman ang magdidikta ngayon kung ano ang puwedeng i-hearing o hindi.