Sen. Gatchalian has been elected as Senate President Pro Tempore, replacing Sen. Legarda

[0:00] yes pursuant to our rules the wording is actually acting president mr president on our rules [0:07] just for the record mr president is there any objection hearing none the motion is approved [0:13] mr president i move that the president of the republic of the philippines and the house of [0:18] representatives be informed of the election of senate president pro tempore and acting senate [0:23] president sherwin gatchayan i so move is there any objection hearing none the motion of the [0:29] majority leaders hereby mr president i move that the first regular session of the 20th congress of [0:36] the philippines on the part of the senate be adjourned synergy is there any objection the chair [0:41] hears none the motion is approved the first regular session of the 20th congress of the philippines [0:47] on the part of the senate is a sojourn scene idea hanity you're on the phone tell us exactly what's [1:07] going on yes apa just a few minutes ago dumating itong si senator cheese escudero sa senate plenary [1:16] this is after umapila ng senate minority members na pumasok ang mayorya kung mahal pa nila ang senado [1:26] bilang institusyon so sa ngayon declared ng acting uh president itong si senator win [1:34] gatchalian gatchalian katapos uh i deklarang bakante ang committee chairmanships at ngayon ay [1:41] nagpo photo opportunity na sila doon sa plenary at uh isa-isahin ko lang yung um nangyari no ah [1:50] dineklara nilang bakante ang committees at ah dineklar itong si senator jv ehersito bilang finance [1:57] committee chair si senator tito soto bilang national defense ah committee chair ah public order [2:04] committee and account si senor ping lakson si senor irwin tool po na ang dolore bon committee chair [2:11] at social welfare committee chair bumalik naman ang ah public services committee kay [2:16] center rafi tool po ang basic education bumalik din kay center bam aquino agriculture chair ulit [2:23] si senor tico pang dinan health committee chair si senor rizan tiberos ah si senor lito lapid [2:30] i games and amusement committee chair housing naman kay san rizan tiberos at rules committee at [2:36] firm relation to san rizan tiberi we can see that uh san rizan tiberi is being emotional right now um [2:45] um our phone is actually on live uh i'm not sure if you can see it on uh on uh at the studio pero uh [2:53] ah rinig na rinig na rinig na nagpapalakpakan yung staff ng ah minority at ah bagamat bawal ito sa senate rules no hindi na rin napigilan [3:05] ng office of the sergeant at arms at ah tuwang tuwa yung ilang ah media relations officers ng ah mga senador na nandito so apa explain po lang no 12 [3:20] lang sila na senador at ah babamat hindi nila na reach itong quorum maaari kasi nilang ideklara na [3:28] pakante ang kameri chairmanship so ngayon pupuntahan natin tong mga senador we're trying to get [3:34] uh at least one of them to talk so ah pa exit na sila ng senate planarisa ngayon at ah um we're gonna get [3:47] comment at least please please please okay so we're uh uh speaking comments from at least [4:00] uh one senator nakaamang kami dito sa likuran at ah um ito yung last day apa ng session at ah [4:12] uh uh sinaydi adjournment na at ah in explained then kanina na as per rules no as per senate rules [4:23] maaaring ideklarang ah acting president itong si ah gachalian although he was elected as uh senate [4:31] president pro tempore or that's basically vice president of the senate of the philippines so [4:39] si escudero lang yung lumitaw na majority senator isa lang making the minority members uh 12 [4:48] so uh okay um so far apa ah hintay natin lumitaw sila no for an interview you are targeting uh [5:01] uh uh sp uh uh san president pro tempore win gachalian or uh senator early as the new vice as the new [5:11] chairperson of the senate blue ribbon committee uh apa this is very relevant because uh tomorrow [5:17] meron kasing nakaschedule na dapat ay blue ribbon committee hearing na dapat ay pamunuan itong si [5:26] senator pia kayatano so ngayon tatanungin natin kung mababago ba yung takbo ng blue ribbon [5:32] kameripro bukas dahil ah ang imbitado na nauna ay sina dating house speaker martin romualdez ang 18x marines na [5:43] nagdeklarang ah ah merong cash deliveries na ginawa sa mga politiko kabilang dyan si romualdez at ah [5:55] si na dating ah si dating congressman zaldico so uh they were actually sent invitation na paikot [6:03] na rin itong imbitasyon sa lahat ng mga senador so okay um hana yes apa uh okay si uh gachalian [6:13] is senate president pro tempore and acting uh senate president in the absence of uh senate president [6:21] uh alan peter cayetano what happens to quietano now he hasn't lost his position right yes uh [6:30] uh he hasn't uh lost his position dahil nakadeklara sa rules na um since wala ang sp at 12 sila they can [6:43] declare uh all seats vacant maliban sa senate president at a pwede ang vice president maging [6:50] acting president in the absence of sp apa ah okay so in in other words this isn't actually a coup [6:58] it's just that they were able to hold the session without the senate president okay we were able to [7:06] ask the legislative staff here they said that uh technically this may be considered a coup [7:13] pero walang uh deklarasyon ng bagong senate president although maaari nga kasing maging acting [7:20] president itong si uh si senator win gachalian kung matatandaan natin uh apa matagal nang uh isinisulong [7:29] ng senate minority na maging sp itong si senator win dahil gusto nilang bumuo ng koalisyon sa senado [7:38] because uh they believe that uh gachalian can actually uh fulfill his duties dahil siya rin yung [7:44] nangunda sa uh pagsisulong or pagbuo ng maayos na national budget this year because he was then finance [7:53] committee chair bago nangyari itong uh naging udita noong may 11 na nagdeklara kay sp alan peter [8:00] cayetano bilang uh senate leader nga no so sa ngayon uh apa all those uh uh although [8:10] senate president uh alan peter cayetano is not here kailangan kasi ng 13 votes so that's required no a [8:16] quorum is required to elect uh a new senate president that's as per the legislative staff [8:23] here kaya sa ngayon ang posisyon itong si uh senator win gachalian ay senate president pro [8:32] tempore or vice president okay so so far we have no reaction from uh cayetano and uh are we expecting [8:40] him to say that this was an illegal session and that uh they cannot change the committee chairman [8:46] or what what do you think what what are we expecting uh uh nasana samagot itong si uh ano sa [8:59] sa nangyari uh sa sasyon ngayong hapon because um base doon sa senate rules no um [9:07] um yeah baka mag-facebook live na lang ulit yan yes allowed kasi ito sa senate rules na they can [9:16] declare committee chairmanships they can't kahit dosis sila so uh titignan natin kung uh may response [9:23] itong si cayetano dahil uh he's also referring to the senate rules kaya raw sila hindi pumapasok ng [9:30] session because for the senate majority this is uh legal for them at maihabol ko na rin apa no uh before the [9:38] session resumed ay nagkaroon ng uh pagsasampahan ng ethics complaint laban sa mga majority senator [9:45] magiging kay sp alan because of their uh quote unquote unexcused absences simula nung dunez so [9:53] kasama dyan yung majority senators hindi lang si sp alan at uh yan ay filed by a 21 year old legal [10:01] management student na sinabi niya na wala raw siyang uh sinasamahang grupo walang nagpapunta sa kanya [10:10] dito sa senate kanina pero filed na ito before the ethics committee at uh wala pa kasing na [10:17] idedeklarang uh ethics committee chair nung final niya ito pero maaari naman itong nakabindihan pa rin sa [10:25] sa sa komite although wala pang uh chair so uh hinihintay natin kung merong uh reaction mula sa [10:34] majority camp at naging kay kayatano dahil uh mabilis yung pangyayari no apa from the fighting of the [10:41] ethics complaint to escudero surfacing dito sa uh senate plenary at uh kahapon sinabi [10:50] uh okay well it remains to be seen uh what uh kayatano's reaction will be and uh of course we're [11:18] keenly awaiting to see what the other uh majority senators will say uh if there's going to be a [11:25] session tomorrow will more of them attend no so actually apa wala nang session bukas because uh [11:33] this is the last day of session this week ah okay diniglala na rin ng uh sinabi adjournment at uh [11:40] bukas yung inasahan natin apa is of course the third lawyer bond committee hearing it was initially [11:45] scheduled so um pagdating sa sa kung sino ang mag pepper site kung kamerichir na i see senator [11:56] erwin tool po titignan natin kung ano ba yung magiging daloy ng pagdinigbukas may retain ba yung [12:03] guest list na yun dahil nandun yung 18x marines at uh si dating house peter martin romualdez lang yung uh [12:11] uh invited bilang uh ngayon ay kongresista at uh yun kasi ang umano ay tinuturong isa sa mga flood control [12:22] figure central flood control figure sa nangyayari investigasyon sa senado so uh sa ngayon apa uh the mood here is um [12:32] um very i would say masaya itong mga staff at uh hinihintay natin na magkaroon ng press conference [12:42] ayan papunta tayo sa uh uh press area at inaasahan natin na kaharap na okay senator erwin tool po [12:58] it's okay um expected hana go chase that uh press con we we have marlon ramos on the line let's hear [13:07] uh what marlon has to say uh from his other perspective marlon nandiyan ka ba [13:12] yeah we're now running to the sumulong room of uh the senate building uh we were told that there [13:20] will be a press conference right now okay but hindi malinaw apa no kung sino yung membro ng bagong [13:28] majority block yung haharap oh but uh senator cheese has already issued a statement [13:35] okay is he joining the minority block or ano no no ang mangyayari apa meron ng uh bagong uh [13:48] majority block with the uh what we can say is a surprise appearance of uh center francis [13:56] escudero who is allied with the uh uh group of senator alan peter caentano okay [14:01] nagkagulat ang kanina i know mag start na yung press conference ngayon dito sa senate apa [14:08] okay sige oh let's uh [14:10] ang mahalaga pa apa doon nagkaroon na ng mga bagong uh chairmanship ng um uh key committees [14:15] ng senate so tomorrow hindi natin yun ang kiklarify natin ano mangyayari sa nakaschedule na blue [14:21] ribbon hearing tomorrow yes kasi ang natalaga ng bagong chairman si senator erwin tool po yeah [14:27] okay okay okay okay okay okay [14:35] so salamat marlon ramos uh so lots of uh lots of adieu at the uh senate uh today they're about to hold a [14:45] press conference and uh for those of you who are joining us uh late uh there was sort of a coup uh in [14:54] which um senator gachalian who's senate president pro tempore was declared uh acting senate president [15:03] in the absence of uh senate president alan peter cayetano um cayetano was not removed from his [15:11] position because you you need to have a vote of uh of the whole senate uh to to do that uh however [15:20] he's no longer in charge because he's absent so um it was sort of a coup and uh gachalian is now the [15:30] acting uh senate president and has rearranged a lot of the committee chairmanships um tomorrow is a [15:39] key meeting of the blue ribbon committee in which um uh senator erwin tool for the events that [15:50] happened today here's the change of leadership was uh legit was legal because it was based on supreme [15:59] court uh decision diavelino versus cuenco case way back in 1949 february 18 1949 i know there was also [16:11] a precedent in 2017 when senator franklin lawn was the senate president there was a quorum 12 of them [16:19] because out of the 24 three were in prison nasa kulungan po in tatlong senador lima po ang [16:27] nakabakasyon kaya 12 po ang nagkaroon po sila ng quorum so we have a precedent the reason why we have to do [16:35] this there's already a violation of the constitution three straight days po that they they uh blatantly [16:44] disregard the rule of law the constitution so we have to act and we are very fortunate that one of [16:53] them a member of the majority before senator jesus kudero do not conform and do not believe in what [17:01] they are fighting for because he believes na yung kanila pinaglalaban ay malipo na yung kanilang [17:10] pagbuboykot ay para ipagtanggo lamang ang ilang sa mga kasamahan nila so the guy suddenly made a decision [17:20] today to join so para magkaroon po kami ng quorum and you may ask bakit hindi is there quorum yes [17:27] there is we're just considered uh 22 now so divided by two that's 12 plus i mean 11 plus one is 12 so we [17:37] have a quorum yung sinasabing 13 yun po ay kung kumpletong 24 at dalawa po sa amin yung isa nagtatago yung [17:45] yung isa nakakulong so we only have ang bilang po ay 22 so divided by two yung sabi po na majority [17:52] para makuha majority divided by two so that's 11 plus one and that was jesus kudero nga po arriving [17:58] today so the break po yung impasse uh when senator escudero showed up today because na sinasabi niya po [18:07] sa amin he doesn't believe anymore on what they're fighting for number two there will be a blue ribbon [18:16] committee hearing on monday we are just moving the schedule date from tomorrow to prepare all [18:28] members matter of fact i declare and i manifested that all members of the senate be in the majority [18:38] and the mine the new minority now we they are all members of the blue ribbon committee [18:44] para wala pong masabi na ikang may hokus pokus now pertaining to those invited resource persons [18:53] hindi po ako sangayon because we have to review these people may sasabihin po ba talaga [19:00] meron po bang ididisclose we have to review this number two the proper way to invite resource persons [19:07] you do not give it out to the media you give it to the members first and nangyari po kanina yung [19:14] listana sinasabi nila invited sa blue ribbon hindi po dumaan sa tamang process it should have been [19:22] given first to the members para kung maidadagdag may papabawas doon sabihin hindi wala ito the [19:29] members should have been consulted kaya you have to give me time until monday next week kung sino po at [19:37] uh yung orders po at uh exactly 9 00 a.m on monday there will be a blue ribbon committee hearing [19:47] thank you question because it's 13 it's in it's in the it's in the law kailangan 13 we don't have 13 so [19:58] but then we can we can elect the uh pro tempore because it doesn't say 13. senate president so uh [20:07] senate uh senator cayetano is still the senate president because we don't have 13 it's against [20:15] the law naman diba we only have 12 so well he will be a virtual senate president all seats vacant for [20:25] all the committees simula po sa pro tempore we cannot touch the senate presidency because we don't have 13. [20:33] it is in the it is what the law says you have to have 13 we don't we only have 12. no uh senate pro tempore [20:45] acting president acting senate but he's the presiding officer from now on so okay [20:54] will be senator uh uh uh win who will be presiding from now on [21:01] and i still urge we're still open doon po sa mga members po na majority please join us we will accept [21:18] you with open arms let's work together for the nation not for ourselves not for the political parties not [21:26] for certain individuals but for the entire country let's work together we will accept you we will embrace [21:33] you i say again well right here in rule four the senate five it says a pro tempore [21:53] acting senate president acting acting senate president i'm pro tempore [22:04] well uh senator miggs and then uh actually yesterday uh he's not very happy anymore then uh we really [22:13] thought that yesterday he would join us but he did not he was thinking it over consulting his family his [22:19] friends uh and then canina morning uh he said he will attend but we didn't expect it because he [22:27] cap when he said he'll come but he did not so canina we were surprised when he joined us when he arrived [22:41] no but 12 po pwede kasi majority na kami of the 22 because it should be 11 divided by 22 divided by 2 is 11 [22:51] plus one so we have 12 not on sp i'm sorry not on sp that's why we did not elect a senate president [23:01] because we'll be violating a law we'll be violating the constitution he was enlightened i mean the kaya [23:13] nga po niyakap na yon kanina we were surprised because senmigs was already did we we asked uh sent uh [23:19] senmigs kanina meron bang uh ikang kapalit may sinasabi sabihin wala naman but nothing uh [23:29] uh uh there was none kanina no nag uh kokos kami ng uh uh one o'clock wala pa eh kasi yesterday said [23:41] that he will join but but he did not i was already preparing what to tell you guys na pag hindi [23:52] na naman sila sumipot na i will say na bahala bahala na bahala na ang taong bayan wala namang [24:05] kapalit i mean bakit batya ka number two bakit makikialam ang palasyo bakit ma makikialam i mean [24:12] this is a senate i mean we're another branch of government diba then uh pag uh dumating [24:22] siya it's okay i mean we welcome him while we already declared it kung susipot siya kung susipot siya [24:35] president ano po yung difference and limits nung mga functions and rules nila [24:43] actually [24:44] nga tayo diba there's an acting uh [24:51] si senwin in his capacity capacity temporary until a new senate president is elected and the only [24:59] we can elect is we we will have 13 otherwise we cannot elect a new senate president so we will [25:06] be ikanga the senate pro tempore will be the acting senate president [25:14] arrives on monday he will preside definitely he will preside yes he will preside i think it's [25:27] already stable because uh 12 kami 10 lang sila yeah you senate president yes but what what can [25:36] he do i mean he might be a virtual president dahil majority na kami about 12 12 to 10. [25:43] that's that's illegal na po yung kanyang uh tomorrow we have already instructed uh [25:56] the senate uh the senate uh the senate sergeant at arms the senate secretary [26:02] also it's vacant na po diba we declared it so illegal na po yung gagawin niya because there's [26:07] already a new blue raibund chairman [26:27] of course yes because of the new majority with there's 12 of us there's 12 of us [26:35] and then another thing did you hear senator uh uh cheese abstained hindi naman so so he did not [26:44] abstain when when we said when uh senator win said declare all uh committee uh i mean sits vacant [26:52] except for the senate presidency i i don't know how they will do that because there's already [27:01] instruction to the senate uh sergeant at arms there's a new sergeant at arms there they will not be and [27:09] then there will be uh we have uh we're contacting now the uh uh uh the house of representatives that [27:18] this is the senate new majority and even malacanang there's already communication we're just waiting [27:23] for the reply tomorrow for instance if the 18x marines uh surface this is invalid already this is already [27:35] a press conference right i'm telling you i'm the new uh i'm the new blue ribbon committee chair because [27:42] there's there's a new senate majority yung sinasabi po nila sila senator marcoleta hindi na po sila [27:49] majority nasa minority they only have 10 na kung gusto mo pumunta ng mga marines magmerienda [27:56] na pamirindahin na lang dyan we will review on consultation with the with the new members like i said [28:11] everybody is a member of the blue ribbon kasama po si senator marcoleta kasama po si sa kung gusto [28:19] niya pa ang ex-oficial senate president kayatano they're all invited meron na ngayon monday diba [28:32] yeah of course because number one okay subcommittee dapat i constitute a subcommittee upon the [28:44] instruction of the chairman of the committee sino ba yung chairman noon si senator piya kayatano number [28:51] two yung mga invitations hindi man lang dumaan kahit naman lang sa minority leader [28:57] yung minority leaders the ex-oficial of the blue ribbon walang di siya binigyan ng copy [29:02] mabuti pa ang media meron so that's another violation of the rules of the senate dapat bagi [29:08] yung mga resource persons ang bigyan mo yung mga member ng committee para mapag-aralan nila [29:13] para we can formulate questions anong itatanong ko dito not the media because the media cannot ask them [29:19] questions not that the bloggers no we will we of course we will look yung mga we will still invite [29:30] those people some of those pero we will have to ika nga review yung list nila hindi yung kung [29:37] sino sino wala na pakundangan may mga pangalan ako na hindi ko nang kilala hindi naman contractor [29:42] sino ba yung mga yun nakita ko may 18 marines na yun so we will have to consult of course the members [29:49] until friday say again [29:57] kumay tumiyo then now we can we will elect [30:04] hindi palapit na yun [30:06] i hope so [30:08] but for now ang sigurado lang is 12 [30:12] ang mensahe ang tao pagod na po [30:19] ang mensahe lahat po nadadamay pati po ang minority na pumapasok kami [30:25] ang gulo-gulo ng senado wala na kayong ginawa [30:28] nakakahiya din po pinapaswelduhan kami araw-araw [30:32] pagkatapos three days it's a violation of the constitution [30:35] so we really have to act drastically [30:38] ito na nga po [30:39] yung sinasabi lang wala silang korum walang bilang [30:42] paano walang bilang [30:44] there's only 22 of us now [30:45] yung isang nagtatago ay na magpakita [30:47] sinasabi mo [30:48] kung magpakita [30:49] sana magpakita siya [30:51] sana hindi siya magtatakbo sa hagdanan ulit [30:53] mag-stay siya dito sa floor [30:55] bumoto siya [30:56] sige let's go [30:57] kung may warrant of arrest [31:07] if there's a warrant of arrest [31:10] pero there's no warrant of arrest pa naman [31:11] ongoing po ang investigation [31:13] it depends to the ombudsman po [31:19] then we have to [31:21] then we have to [31:23] talk it over [31:25] well one by one [31:29] I'll take four more questions [31:31] we'll have to choose [31:36] we'll have to choose from amongst ourselves [31:37] not yet, not yet [31:40] we'll have to choose [31:40] that will be done on July 6 [31:49] July 6 [31:55] we'll still follow the July 6 schedule [31:58] then doon po [31:59] mag-ihilig kami ng impeachment trial officer [32:04] okay, okay [32:27] and that wraps up our breaking news for today [32:29] Senator Nguyen Gachalian [32:30] is now the acting Senate President [32:33] as the Senate adjourns its session [32:35] we'll have more stories on Business 360 [32:38] coming your way in a few minutes [32:41] celebrate diversity [32:51] celebrate diversity [32:52] honor identity [32:53] stand proud and love without apology [32:57] this pride month [32:59] we march forward [33:01] for everyone that fought for acceptance 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