03/06/2026
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ | GATCHALIAN ELECTED SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE AMIDST SENATE LEADERSHIP SHAKE-UP
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June 3โ Wednesday โ Senator Sherwin Gatchalian was elected as the new Senate President Pro Temporeโ replacing Senator Loren Legarda.
โFollowing the surprise appearance of Senator Francis Escudero from the Majority Blocโ a quorum was subsequently declaredโ with 12 of the 22 senators presentโ allowing the session to formally proceed.
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โThe following senators were later elected as committee chairpersons:
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โSen. JV Ejercito โ Committee on Finance
โSen. Vicente Sotto III โ Committee on National Defense and Securityโ Peaceโ Unificationโ and Reconciliation
โSen. Panfilo Lacson โ Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs & Committee on Accounts
โSen. Erwin Tulfo โ Blue Ribbon Committee & Committee on Social Justice, Welfare, and Rural Development
โSen. Raffy Tulfo โ Committee on Public Services
โSen. Bam Aquino โ Committee on Basic Education
โSen. Francis Pangilinan โ Committee on Agricultureโ Food and Agrarian Reform
โSen. Risa Hontiveros โ Committee on Health and Demography
โSen. Lito Lapid โ Committee on Games and Amusements
โSen. Chiz Escudero โ Committee on Urban Planningโ Housing and Resettlement
โSen. Miguel Zubiri โ Committee on Rules & Committee on Foreign Relations
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โMeanwhileโ Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said that the election of Senator Gatchalian as Senate President Pro Tempore and Acting Senate President as an โillegal coup dโรฉtatโ after the chamber reconvened with 12 senators present.
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โHoweverโ Malacaรฑangโ through Palace Press Officer Usec. Claire Castroโ said that the change in leadership was aligned with law and the rule of lawโ adding that they respect the decision of the new majority bloc and the leadership of Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian.
via: Anna Marie Canillo