Lito Lapid nagsalita na, pinabulaanang lumipat siya sa mayorya — ABS-CBN News

[0:00] May I ask for silence. We want to listen to the legend, Senator Lapp. [0:04] Salamat po, Mr. President. [0:06] Kaliwanag lang lang po, manifestation lang. [0:09] Tungkol po yung nangyari kahapon at marami pong kumakalat sa social media [0:13] na ako'y lumipat nasa majority, hindi po totoo yan. [0:18] Nananatili po ako sa minority group at hindi po ako alis dito. [0:23] At yung pong motion ni Senator Subiri kahapon ay sinusuportahan ko po. [0:28] Hindi ko lang po ako nakapagsalita kahapon. Kala ko may butuan. [0:32] Ngayon pala ay wala naman. [0:34] Hiling ko lang po dito sa Senado. Sana magkaisa tayo. [0:37] Huwasan na ba ngayon? Ang dami-dami natin bisitang pare dito. [0:40] Parapakampo natin sila para ipagdasan na po kami. [0:45] Na magkaisa na kami para maibalik ang dangal ng Senado. Marami salamat po. [0:50] Your manifestation is noted and wala ka man sa majority, [0:55] Senator Lito Lapid, nandiyang kaparate sa puso namin. [1:00] Mr. President. [1:01] Senator Pia Ketano. [1:02] I'd just like to comment. [1:05] Gusto ko lang magpasalamat kay Senator Lito Lapid na kahit na magkaiba na tayo ng partido. [1:12] I think we are batchmates so magkasama kami since 2004. [1:17] So majority, minority. [1:19] Buwan-buwan nagpapadala pa rin siya sa akin ng Maha Blanca at Suman. [1:23] Maraming salamat po. [1:24] Gusto ko kasi maalaman mo na mahal kita. [1:38] What does the brother say? [1:41] I am trying to figure out bakit Maha Blanca ang binibigay sa kanya. [1:49] Samantalang sinabi ko na kay Kuya Lito Lapid na ako'y umiinom na ng maintenance medicine para sa kolesterol. [1:57] Pero sisig pa rin ang dinadala niya para sa akin. [2:00] So iniisip ko kung mahal din niya ako o si Senator Pia lang ang kanyang mahal. [2:06] Mr. President, nilalapit ka daw niya sa Diyos. [2:12] Mr. President, at this juncture, I move that we dispense with the reading of the journal of the 67th session, May 25, 2026. [2:22] And consider the same as approved. [2:24] Let us first recognize the former Senate President and the present minority leader. [2:30] Senator Tito Soto, sir. [2:31] Thank you, sir. [2:32] I am not objecting. [2:34] I would just like to make sure that the manifestation of Senator Lapid is manifested in the journal. [2:40] Because in the journal yesterday, it is manifested that he did not agree with the motion of Senator Sabiri. [2:46] So we want that corrected. [2:48] Before we approve the journal, the journal should accurately reflect that Senator Lito Lapid agreed with every member of the minority. [3:02] Thank you, sir. [3:04] And in the end, we agreed as a body to find a way forward. [3:09] Senator Irwin Tulfo, you are recognized. [3:14] Thank you, Mr. President. [3:15] Thank you, majority floor leader. [3:18] It's a quick manifestation, or if not, a sort of point of clarification, Mr. President. [3:25] Please proceed. [3:26] I heard that the media, their access to areas in the Senate are limited. [3:33] Is there a new rule right now, Mr. President? [3:37] They are banned from going to the sixth floor to conduct interviews or wait for our VIPs, and then they are not allowed anymore in our railings? [3:49] I will check. [3:50] I have no information. [3:51] I have not moved to the sixth floor. [3:53] Please. [3:54] I am still holding office here. [3:57] Sometimes we ask them to allow us to pass going to the session hall. [4:01] We can't blame them because the Senate is a hot topic. [4:05] There's been some senators who have asked because usually we confine to some areas, but because of the activity since May 11, [4:16] everyone wants to get their footage, whether in their official camera. [4:20] So I think we've just asked for a little bit of order here, but we, let me inquire, but so far I have no information that we're limiting any movement from the media. [4:33] Thank you, Mr. President, because that's, they were told by, I don't know, I really don't know whose order did it come from. [4:43] They were told that. [4:44] They were told that they're not allowed to go to the sixth floor anymore and to move away from the railings because they were just surprised, Mr. President, that during the previous- [4:56] Let me check the sixth floor because I don't hold office in the sixth floor. [5:00] Yes. [5:01] So they're asking if there's a new rule, Mr. President. [5:04] Yes. But as far as the railings is concerned, that has been an old ruling before they're even allowed on the floor, when you are not still a senator, sir, before three o'clock. [5:17] But what happens is that sometimes the Senate president, that was before I left the Senate to go to the FAA Senate Majority Leader. [5:24] I don't know when we changed the rule, na hindi sila pwede sa floor, but they have allotted space all over, but we also have guests. [5:33] And then our staff has the first row for obvious reasons. [5:37] But of course, when there's activity on the floor, they move forward. [5:40] So if it's just a reminder to give the staff enough space and also enough room, that's okay. [5:50] But if they're being prohibited or in any way they're being hampered from doing their job, then I'll make sure that that doesn't happen. [6:00] But having said that, we do have limited space all over, and medyo mas marami na talagang media ngayon. [6:06] Thank you for the clarification, Mr. President, and for the assurance. [6:09] Thank you for bringing it up, Senator Tulfo. [6:12] Yes, Mr. President, I move for the previous question that we dispense with the reading of the journal of the 67th session, May 25, 2026, and consider the same as approved. [6:24] Any objection? Hearing none, the motion is approved. [6:29] Mr. President, at this juncture, I move that we proceed with the reference of business. [6:34] There's no objection? [6:36] Please proceed. [6:37] Bills on first reading. [6:42] Senate Bill No. 2151 titled, An Act Urging the Comprehensive Planning, Development, and Export Promotion of the UBE, Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes. [6:53] Introduced by Senator Marcos. [6:55] Referred to the Committees on Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform, Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship, and Finance. [7:01] Number 2152, An Act Defining the Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Human Rights Defenders, Declaring State Responsibilities, and Instituting Effective Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of these Rights and Freedoms. [7:15] By Senator Ontiveros. [7:18] Referred to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights. [7:20] An Act Granting the Katigbak Enterprises, San Pablo City Incorporated, a franchise to construct, install, establish, operate, and maintain radio and television stations in the Philippines. [7:31] By Senator Aquino. [7:34] Referred to the Committee on Public Services. [7:36] An Act Establishing a College of Medicine in Eastern Samar State University in the Province of Borongan, Province of Eastern Samar, and Appropriating Funds Therefore by Senator Aquino. [7:46] Referred to the Committee on Higher Technical and Vocational Education, Ways and Means, and Finance. [7:54] An Act Unifying the National Police Clearance System and National Bureau of Investigation Clearance System, Creating the Unified Criminal Clearance System Database, Providing Funds Therefore and for Other Purposes by Senator Soto III. [8:07] Referred to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, Public Order, and Dangerous Drugs, and Finance. [8:12] An Act Providing for a Five-Year Validity Period of the Professional Identification Cards of All Professional Regulation Commission. [8:19] By Senator Tulfo Raffi. [8:22] Referred to the Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization, and Professional Regulation. [8:28] Number 2157. [8:30] An Act Institutionalizing the Grant of Internship Allowance for Students in Public and Private State Universities and Colleges in the Philippines. [8:38] By Senator Tulfo Raffi. [8:39] Referred to the Committee on Higher Technical and Vocational Education, Ways and Means, and Finance. [8:47] Number 2158. [8:49] An Act Modifying the Prescriptive Period of Money Claims Arising Out of Employer-Employer Relations. [8:54] Amending for this Purpose Article 306 of Presidential Decree No. 442 as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Labor Code of the Philippines. [9:02] By Senator Tulfo Raffi. [9:05] Referred to the Committee on Labor, Employment, and Human Resource Development. [9:10] Number 2159. [9:12] An Act Regulating the Planning, Design, Construction, Occupancy, Maintenance, and Demolation of Buildings. [9:17] ithestone is publicly baptized in the Office of the Committee on the Office ofんな