Neil Perry

I am my own brand of crazy.

[Neil Perry @trixietrixtrix]

✖️ Ang pusong bagong libing ay tahimik lang ✖️

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

With all due respect to the Senator-Judge at para hindi maligaw ang publiko, ito po ang konteksto at kumpleto na sinabi ko:

“(Ang fishing expedition) ay maaaring sabihin nating nangyari kung only if the party requesting the evidence or documents ay nagbabakasakali lang, baka may makuha tayo dito.”

Linawin ko po: Hindi tayo nagbabakasakali lang. May probable cause o sapat na dahilan na nakita sa mga record ng Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) tungkol sa bilyun-bilyong dumaan sa accounts ng VP at kanyang asawa.

Hiningi natin ang bank records para makita kung tugma ito sa sinasabi ng AMLC reports. Tandaan: Ang bank records ay maaari lang mailabas kapag may utos o subpoena mula sa korte. Ibig sabihin, kung nabuksan ng Kamara ang mismong bank records bago ang trial, paglabag yan sa karapatan at due process ni VP Sara Duterte.

Ngayong may subpoena na para sa bank records ng Bise Presidente, magagamit ito ng magkabilang panig para patunayan ang kanilang kaso.

Sa ganitong paraan, makakapagpasya ang mga Senator-Judges batay sa kabuuan ng ebidensya.

[Akbayan Partylist @AkbayanParty]

Ang abogadong may argumentong pilipit, sa spliced video kumakapit. Dahil nasoplak ni Akbayan Rep. Chel Diokno ang magkapatid na senator-judge, pilit nilang binabaluktot ang kwento. Ang sad, noh? Move on na po. Better luck next time. “That's just how it is.”

Pero ang mas nakakalungkot, ganito ang content ng isang senator-judge. Linyang-linya sa kampo ni Sara. Saan ka nakakita ng judge na tino-troll online ang prosecution? Sino ngayon ang one-sided?

[Neil Perry @trixietrixtrix]

Huhu nagrant siya sa 30 pages, double-spaced na reading 🫠🫠

[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.

[Neil Perry @trixietrixtrix]

Tumama rin

[risa hontiveros @risahontiveros]

Hindi po porke’t walang legal background ay wala nang alam sa batas at sa patakaran ng Senado.

[Chel Diokno @ChelDiokno]

Hindi impressive ang legal background kung ginagamit lang sa pangmamaliit. Mas nakakabahala ang may alam sa batas pero pinipiling baluktutin ito.

[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.

[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. ⚖️

[ricci @ricci_richy]

I wanted to joke about this but Karmina’s question solicited a one word admission from Dela Rosa that should convince you that he isn’t worthy of being a PH senator.

HE ADMITTED THAT HE IS RUNNING AWAY FROM JUSTICE.

[Thea Tan @imtheatan]

🚨 The "Bato" Diversion: A Staged Siege to Shield Sara Duterte

After looking at the sequence of events, I am more inclined to believe this entire spectacle was a "zarzuela" designed to protect Vice President Sara Duterte rather than Sen. Bato dela Rosa.

Using Sen. Bato's ICC paranoia as a shield, the Senate leadership successfully manufactured a crisis to delay the constitutional process.

Here is the chronology of how this diversion was staged:

✳️ The Setup: May 11–12, 2026

• May 11 – The Impeachment Vote: The House of Representatives votes 257–25 to impeach VP Sara Duterte.

• May 11 – The Senate Coup: Minutes before the House vote, the Senate leadership is toppled, and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (APC) is installed as Senate President.

• May 11 – The Pursuit: Bato dramatically outruns NBI agents through Senate hallways and staircases, eventually reaching the chamber where APC immediately offers him “protective custody.”

• May 12 – The Legal Wall: The Senate spends the day formalizing a policy to reject any arrest by a foreign court without a local warrant, creating a "Legislative Sanctuary."

• May 12 - The Safe House: Bato officially begins sleeping at the Senate to turn the building into a fortress.

• May 12 – Public Defiance: Bato holds a press conference inside the Senate, appearing defiant and vowing to fight the ICC arrest order, further cementing the building as his permanent “safe house.”

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✳️ The Escalation: May 13 (The Night of the Siege)

2:25 PM: Bato sings the PMA Hymn twice during a briefing to emotionally appeal to the military and his fellow Cavaliers to stand by him.

5:23 PM – The "Intel" Claim: Following the SC’s refusal to protect him, Bato goes on Facebook Live claiming he received "intelligence" that he will be arrested the moment the Senate adjourns.

He calls on supporters to gather at the Senate gates for a “vigil,” claiming his arrest is imminent.

6:14 PM – The Supreme Court officially announces it has deferred action on Bato’s petition and does not issue a TRO.

6:57 PM – Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Mao Aplasca orders the media and staff to clear the second floor, explicitly claiming: "They are going to arrest somebody."

7:00 PM: Duterte Supporters swarm the Senate gates, shouting at and intimidating vehicles attempting to leave the premises.

7:05 PM – Aplasca declares a total lockdown, creating a physical barrier to replace the legal protection the Supreme Court refused to provide.

7:22 PM – THE TRIGGER: The House formally transmits the Articles of Impeachment — the 257-vote mandate — to the Senate.

7:30 PM: Lockdown begins. The new Sergeant-at-Arms, Mao Aplasca, deploys OSAA personnel in bulletproof vests carrying long firearms.

7:45 PM: Sen. Imee Marcos claims a standby aircraft (RP-C5219) is waiting in Villamor for Bato’s extradition.

7:48 PM – THE MYSTERY SHOTS: Roughly 10 gunshots are heard inside the building, creating the "active shooter" panic needed to justify the lockdown.

8:01 PM – Minutes after the shots, APC launches a Facebook Live, claiming the "Senate is under attack."

8:15 PM – Imee Marcos, Bong Go, Mark Villar, and Jinggoy Estrada launch their own lives, framing the night as a "sovereignty crisis" to bury the impeachment news.

8:45 PM – Cong. "Meow" (Kiko Barzaga) posts on FB that "multiple people died," though no casualties were ever found.

8:55 PM – DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla arrives calmly without tactical gear to meet with the snacking senators.

9:15 PM – Remulla appears on Bong Go’s live feed to clarify: "I will not arrest Senator Bato."

11:13 PM – President Bongbong Marcos Jr. issues a statement assuring the public that no state security forces (NBI/DILG) were involved in the shooting and confirms he gave no order to arrest Bato.

11:30 PM: Senators are seen in photos casually snacking and laughing inside Senate.

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[Is Busy @padayon23]

+ a partner who will love everyone around me the same way I do? Or will I choose a partner who refuses to be a part of the circle I'm already in?

Kaya bukod sa wala naman akong plano magjowa ulit (pero if may dadating, bakit hindi), I hope I'd choose the right one again.

[💀🤦🏾‍♂️ @Mubarak_O_O]

My coworkers didn’t understand why, until this happened 😂😂

[Wisdom Stoics @WisdomStoics]

the world is yours.

[Lynda Jumilla-Abalos @lyndajumilla]

Ordinary government employees would have lost their jobs a long time ago.

[brad ❤️‍🔥 @brrr_add]

Check on your greys anatomy watchers we aren’t okay

[Neil Perry @trixietrixtrix]

Saan ang suking tindahan para sa kobo cases? ‘Yong abot-kayang halaga lang? 🥹

[Teddy Casiño @teddycasino]

Starbucks at SM Pampanga mahiya naman kayo! You should apologize to the mom and child and make things right.

[ABS-CBN News @ABSCBNNews]

“Do not have kids if you think you will not be able to love your child if they come out to you”

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[Neil Perry @trixietrixtrix]

Kala ko hindi na need ng booklet pag magpapadiscount sa grocery. Hassle