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[アルベ @roialb]

Pull day but my cake is baked 🍑

[Nico B. Valderrama @nbvneverquits]

You cannot invoke the Constitution only when it is convenient.

When you prevent the Senate from functioning as mandated by the Constitution, you violate the Constitution.

When you refuse to convene the Senate for three consecutive days, you violate the Constitution.

Do not dare ask to be rescued by the very Constitution you violated.

[Kent Hortillosa @SerKentTrident]

First ever Philippine President to address the LGBTQ+ minority and celebrates with them during Pride Month??? Am mixed feelings about this.

Jusq sana naman genuine ito to push SOGIE BILL and Right to Care Act.,
Pres @bongbongmarcos

[Olga 🐧 @mighty4PH]

Generally, the Senate of the Philippines needs a majority of its members to form a quorum.

Since the Senate has 24 senators, that usually means 13 senators are required under Article VI, Section 16(2) of the 1987 Constitution.

However, there is an important exception based on the Supreme Court case Avelino vs. Cuenco. In that ruling, the Court said that if some senators are effectively unavailable or beyond the chamber’s coercive authority (for example detained, abroad, or otherwise unable to attend), they may not be counted in determining the quorum.

In this case - 2 senators are already unavailable: Sen Bato who is currently in hiding and Sen Jinggoy who is in custody.

Nakakahiya na hindi mo ‘to alam 🤦🏻‍♀️

[アルベ @roialb]

Tama ka na Sharmaine! Ako si Loren

[Loren Legarda @loren_legarda]

The Constitution is clear and does not leave room for interpretation.

The Senate is composed of 24 Senators, and a majority of 13 constitutes a quorum to do business.

13 votes to constitute a quorum.

13 votes to elect officers.

A void election cannot create valid authority.

[Karen Davila @iamkarendavila]

*Solid Bloc 12: Sen. Alan Cayetano is no longer Senate President*

For clarity, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is no longer Senate President after the Senate, with 12 senators present and a quorum declared based on the recognized base number of 22 under Avelino v. Cuenco, voted to declare all positions vacant, including the presidency of the institution.

Hindi pa lamang naihahalal si Sen. Win Gatchalian bilang bagong Senate President dahil kailangan pa ng 13 boto sa ilalim ng Konstitusyon. Pero ito ang malinaw at mahalaga ngayon: bakante na ang lahat ng posisyon, tapos na ang dating liderato at dapat magpatuloy ang trabaho ng Senado para sa taumbayan.

Statement sent to @ABSCBNNews

[アルベ @roialb]

Got my new aeroswift shorts so I decided to wear it even though its push day 😃

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

PASADO NA SA
KAMARA ANG PEKENG
"ANTI-DYNASTY" BILL.
NO ang boto natin sa
House Bill No. 8389 👎

[… @johnat143]

Taena. Talagang kinakanti ni Tulfo si Alan. ANG SAYAAAAAAAAA

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

With a valid quroum of 12 Senators (Avelino v. Cuenco), we declared all positions, including the position of Senate President, vacant. This motion only requires a simple majority.

Sen. Alan is no longer Senate President. In his stead, the Acting Senate President is Senate President Pro Tempore, Win Gatchalian.

[PING LACSON @iampinglacson]

Not accurate. Sen Cayetano is no longer SP. With 12 senators present, a quorum was declared out of the base number of 22 since Sens de la Rosa and Estrada are outside the “coercive power” of the Senate (Avelino v Cuenco. GR No 2821).
Hence, we voted to declare all positions vacant, although we could not yet elect a new SP because we lacked the 13 votes required under the Constitution.

[mark geronimo @markgeronimo_]

Pia Cayetano sa groupchat nila after ma dethrone as Blue Ribbon Committee:

[Kiko Pangilinan @kikopangilinan]

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 lapse—it 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.

[tey 🚬 @tey_zzzz]

happy pride month! 🥰

[manic pixie dani girl @denielemein]

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈

[アルベ @roialb]

Leg day 🍑

[Noelle Capili-Ruiz @MxNoelle]

“Muling nilabasan” potaena nyo hahaha

[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.

[アルベ @roialb]

*2001

[Noelle Capili-Ruiz @MxNoelle]

00s - Plunder sa Jueteng
10s - Plunder sa PDAF
20s - Plunder sa Flood Control

Grabe si Jinggoy ano haha from 00s - 20s, may kaso shuta ayaw paawat ni sis

[… @johnat143]

mga pinoy, grabe naman iyong three plunder cases and still we’re electing him????

kailan tayo matututo????????????

ayaw niyo ng mahabang pila sa MRT, ayaw niyo ng mataas na tax pero ganitong tao binoboto natin?????