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[Ces Oreña-Drilon @cesdrilon]

They don’t show up for plenary sessions but appear for a supposed Senate inquiry? It’s mind-boggling.

[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.

[Jesus Falcis 🇵🇭 @jesusfalcis]

Alan Peter Cayetano Resign!

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

🙏

#AlanPeterCayetanoResign

[kolai_ @shiken_cubes]

Girly is pissed, pissed. Ang valid and true ng rant n'ya about taxes and yes, please lang, makinig kayo sa sinasabi n'ya about voting the right people for public office.

[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.

[Mang Inasar  @Mang_INASAR]

Good job Ces Drilon! Na stress drilon si jimmy bondoc!😂👊

HULIHIN SI BATO DELA ROSA!👊

[Pipay @pipaykipayy]

Eto pinapasahod natin??!

[Mara Cepeda @maracepeda]

The Philippine Senate really out here proving that when you elect clowns, expect a circus. The country’s last bastion of democracy is no more 🤡

[Barry Gutierrez @barrygutierrez3]

Bihira ako humirit ng Latin maxim, pero eto parang bagay sa panahon:

Fatetur facinus qui judicium fugit.

He who escapes judgment confesses his guilt.

Ibig sabihin, kung pumuslit ka nang alas-dos ng madaling araw, hindi siguro dahil inosente ka. ⚖️

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

Nakatakas o pinatakas?

[Jhoanna Robles 🦋 @bini_jhoanna]

nakakahiya, nakakalungkot, nakakadismaya

[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.

[rickhey @rickhey_s]

“Ang tapang tapang mo noon, tapos ngayon ito kayo tumatakbo, umiiwas sa mga pulis, umiiyak sa senado”

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH KAREN DAVILA REPRESENTING US ALL

[Janine Gutierrez @janinegutierrez]

Woooow now he's saying he's a Filipino and he needs our support. What about all the Filipinos and families that were victims of your EJK? They deserve justice. The Filipino people deserve better.

[jake ejercito @unoemilio]

strava reveal naman diyan, sen

[Romnick Sarmenta @Relampago1972]

Sukdulan qng pagka walang hiya ninyo.
Para ituring itong isang laro ng kapangyarihan at kampihan.
Para isangtabi ang kabutihan at kaayusan ng kapwa at mamamayan.
Sukdulan ang pagka ganid ninyo. Sukdulan ang kasamaan.
Wala kayong pagmamahal sa bayan.

[Agot Isidro @agot_isidro]

I have ducking NO respect for these 13 hooligans who call themselves Senators of the Philippines.

DUCK YOU. 🤬

[Crazy Moments @Crazymoments01]

A woman adopted a 12-year-old shelter dog who had been overlooked for eight months, and within hours of coming home he planted himself in her bedroom doorway and refused to let her through. She thought he was being aggressive and called for help - but firefighters discovered a massive gas leak hidden behind her bedroom wall so severe that a single flipped light switch could have leveled the entire house. The dog had smelled the danger the moment he walked in and used his body as a barrier to keep her alive. For eight months nobody gave him a second look, and on the very first night he proved exactly why he was worth saving.

[iamatilas @iamtripleas]

@owweeeennnnnn @bbkiraaaaa @wackybooo haha.. hindi naman nagustuhan ng tao ang BINI dahil sa SB19. Lahat ba ng sisikat na PPop kailangan maging grateful sa SB19?