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“i’m very happy. i’m very at peace.”

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“nothing will ever break me, wala talaga, tangina wala!”

LOUDERRRR 🖤

#SabUyanFestivalWithDJP
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[Thea Tan @imtheatan]

🔥 PLOT TWIST IN THE SENATE!

The Senate finally achieved a quorum today. 👏👏👏

Sen. Chiz Escudero showed up out of nowhere!

Sen. Tito Sotto single-handedly cleared the board by moving to declare all positions vacant. The house of cards has officially collapsed!

The following Senate leadership were elected today:

🔸Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is the new Senate President Pro Tempore!

🔸Sen. Migz Zubiri is back in power as the new Chair of the Committee on Rules!

🔸Sen. JV Ejercito is Chair of the Committee on Finance.

🔸Sen. Tito Sotto is Chair of the Committee on National Defense.

🔸Sen. Ping Lacson is Chair of the Committee on Public Order and Committee on Accounts.

🔸Sen. Erwin Tulfo is Chair of Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigation, and Committee on Social Welfare and Rural Development.

🔸Sen. Raffy Tulfo as Chair of Committee on Public Services.

🔸Sen. Bam Aquino as Chair of Committee on Basic Education.

🔸Sen. Kiko Pangilinan as Chair of Committee on Agriculture.

🔸Sen. Risa Hontiveros as Chair of the Committee on Health.

🔸Sen. Lito Lapid as Chair of the
Committee on Games and Amusements.

🔸Sen. Chiz Escudero to retain his position as Chair of the Committee on Housing.

🔸Sen. Migz Zubiri as Chair of Committee on Foreign Relations.

🔹They also elected a new Senate Secretary and a new Sargeant-at-Arms.

The rogue majority thought they were running the show, but they just got evicted!

While certain senators are busy protecting their allies from flood facing accountability the real adults in the plenary just completely remodeled the Senate.

The Senate’s 20th Congress officially adjourned sine die.

🇵🇭

[The Philippine Star @PhilippineStar]

GATCHALIAN TAKES OATH AS SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

The Senate elects Senator Win Gatchalian as Senate President Pro Tempore, replacing Senator Loren Legarda.

[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.

[:) @mygemsx]

andres & max at airport today 🥰

[cams @msicedvanilla]

the crew is back on set, yay!! 🔥 let’s gooo, incognito season 2!

[cams @msicedvanilla]

“There is no ifs, woulds, coulds, shoulds. It just is. And we just are.” 🧡

[kaiberri @xxxmrsford]

supportive mama 🙂‍↕️

#danielpadilla #kailaestrada

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@bbeep_bbeep happy birthdaaay! 🥂

[PING LACSON @iampinglacson]

In a condescending tone, a colleague, who is a lawyer took issue with Sen Hontiveros’ lack of “legal background”. I have a simple message — it’s the RULES stupid!

[✨Madam President🎀 @montecilloina]

Ipinanalo ng ✨ Minority Walkout ✨ ang Pilipinas ngayong araw. Maraming salamat, @migzzubiri, @iampinglacson, @risahontiveros, @kikopangilinan, @sotto_tito, @erwintulforeal, @Idolraffyishere, @WinGatchalian74, @jvejercito, @bamaquino, Lito Lapid!

[raffy magno @raffymagno]

Anim na buwan na hindi nagtrabaho habang sumisweldo. Tapos ngayon naman gustong mag-fulltime na work from home?

Hiyang-hiya naman ang mga minimum wage earners sa Pilipinas sa’yo, Sen!

Taumbayan ang nagpapa-sweldo sainyo. Kahit konting kahihiyan man lang sana.

[risa hontiveros @risahontiveros]

Ang Minority ay patuloy na maninindigan! #SolidBloc11 ✊🏼

[cams @msicedvanilla]

if the shoe fits nga naman 😂

[NewsWatch Plus PH @newswatchplusph]

WATCH: Senator Jinggoy Estrada takes offense at Senator Erwin Tulfo’s remark suggesting that the move to allow senators to remotely participate in sessions was intended to benefit colleagues who might land in jail.

“Sigurado na ba siya, meron ba siyang contact sa taas o sa korte?

I think that comment was uncalled for,” he said.

Asked why the proposed motion had to be resolved today, Estrada replied: “Why not?” | @eimorpsantos

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[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.

[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.

[marv @mvn_dn]

The minority walked out so that the Senate has no quorum while Sen Tito moved to ajourn. Otherwise, criminal senators would have been able to vote while incarcerated or in hiding. I’m so relieved we have these 11 fighting for us.

Ten gentlemen and One MOTHER

[marv @mvn_dn]

BULLSEYE

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

Solid Bloc. 🇵🇭

[cams @msicedvanilla]

someone asked Lella na tawagan si DJ at kantahan niya, pero baka tadyakan lang daw siya ng kuya niya at i-end call na lang 😆

[cams @msicedvanilla]

sunday 🥰🤍