So, it turns out, my theory was right: the Senate drama was all to protect Sara Duterte!
The receipts in this interview with Senator Bato dela Rosa completely expose the real plot behind the entire Senate circus.
1. Did you hear him? He literally admitted on camera that one of his main reasons for "resurfacing" from his six-month hiding streak was because he knew an impeachment trial was coming.
2. He explicitly stated that they needed him to be the crucial "13th vote" to pull off a change of Senate leadership (the coup orchestrated by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano). Why? Because the Senate leadership controls the rules, the timing, and the schedule of when the chamber convenes.
3. This entire staged drama and leadership shakeup wasn't about saving Bato from the ICC. It was a highly coordinated, desperate stunt to install a cooperative Senate leadership that can stall, delay, and completely disrupt convening as an impeachment court for VP Sara Duterte!
While the public was distracted by the chaos and the shootout inside the chamber, the real game was always about protecting the Vice President from her accountability era.
They used Bato as a pawn to secure the 13th vote, changed the leadership, and are now using the drama to buy Sara time.
They are NOT lawmakers anymore; they’re a full-blown defense team disguised as a Senate majority!
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I remember our law profs saying:
"If the law is on your side, pound on the law
If the facts are on your side, pound on the facts
If neither is on your side, pound on the table!"
Please go register if you haven’t registered yet. Mahalaga ang boto mo. Karapatan mo ang bumoto at nawa’y alam niyo na mahalaga ito.
Every vote counts. Please go register before 2028. 🙏
It’s hard to fight and call for accountability and transparency when the people in power who are supposed to uphold those values are the same ones protecting the suspect. They’re not serving the people of this country, they’re serving the people who abuse it
bato hadn't showed up at senate since november 2025 until he had the audacity to appear today to vote to oust senator sotto and block sara duterte's impeachment. serve him that icc warrant and arrest him now so he could reunite with his tatay digong.
The circus in the senate is happening because you have a corrupt president and a corrupt VP trying to outdo each other. We have a choice to end this in 2028.
If Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III is removed as Senate President today, then let us stop pretending this is about “leadership change.” This is political surrender.
Senator Alan Cayetano’s bloc is making one thing clear — they would rather protect the Dutertes than defend the Constitution and the independence of the Senate.
History will remember the senators who chose loyalty to power over loyalty to the Filipino people.
Shame on them.
Tandaan: ang mga nagtaas ng kamay sila ang lagi nasasangkot sa mga alegasyon ng korapsyon. Hindi ito tungkol sa tamang prinsipyo. Tungko ito sa patuloy na panggagago sa mga Pilipino!