Tulfo on Cayetano: He will be a virtual Senate president — ANC

[0:00] Join, so para magkaroon po kami ng quorum. [0:03] And you may ask, bakit hindi, is there quorum? Yes, there is. [0:07] We're just considered 22 now. [0:10] So divided by 2, that's 12 plus, I mean, 11 plus 1 is 12. [0:14] So we have a quorum. [0:17] Yung sinasabing 13, yun po ay kung kompletong 24. [0:21] At dalawa po sa amin, yung isa nagtatago, yung isa nakakulong. [0:24] So we only have, ang bilang po ay 22. [0:27] So divided by 2, yung sabi po na para makuha majority, divided by 2, so that's 11 plus 1. [0:34] And that was Jesus Scudero nga po arriving today. [0:37] So na-break po yung impasse when Senator Scudero showed up today. [0:43] Because na sinasabi niya po sa amin, he doesn't believe anymore on what they're fighting for. [0:50] Number 2, there will be a Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on Monday. [0:57] We are just moving the schedule date from tomorrow to prepare all members. [1:06] Matter of fact, I declare and I manifested that all members of the Senate, being the majority, [1:16] and the new minority now, they are all members of the Blue Ribbon Committee. [1:23] Para wala pong masabi na ikang may hokus-pokus. [1:27] Now, pertaining to those invited resource persons, hindi po ako sang-ayon because we have to review these people. [1:37] May sasabihin po ba talaga, mayroon po bang i-disclose? [1:40] We have to review this. [1:42] Number 2, the proper way to invite resource persons, you do not give it out to the media. [1:48] You give it to the members first. [1:50] Ang nangyari po kanina, yung lista na sinasabi nilang invited sa Blue Ribbon, hindi po dumaan sa tamang process. [1:59] It should have been given first to the members para kung may dadagdag, may papabawas doon, sabihin hindi, wala ito. [2:07] The members should have been consulted. [2:09] Kaya, you have to give me time until Monday next week, kung sino po, at yung oras po, at exactly 9 a.m. on Monday, there will be a Blue Ribbon Committee hearing. [2:23] Thank you. [2:26] Question. [2:30] Because it's 13. [2:33] It's in the law. [2:34] Kailangan mo 13. [2:35] We don't have 13. [2:36] But then, we can elect the pro-tempore because it doesn't say 13. [2:42] Senate President. [2:43] So, Senator Cayetano is still the Senate President because we don't have 13. [2:53] It's against the law naman, di ba? [2:54] We only have 12. [2:55] So, well, he will be a virtual Senate President. [3:02] All seats make count for all the committees. [3:05] Simula po sa pro-tempore. [3:07] We cannot touch the Senate Presidency because we don't have 13. [3:10] It is what the law says. [3:14] You have to have 13. [3:15] We don't. [3:17] We only have 12. [3:19] No, Senate pro-tempore. [3:23] Acting President. [3:25] Acting Senate. [3:27] But he's the presiding officer from now on. [3:29] So, kaya hindi pumasok Senator Cayetano, it will be Senator Wynn who will be presiding from now on. [3:39] Kung may lilipat pa, kung may mahimasmasan ngayon na mga kasamahan nila. [3:48] And I still urge, we're still open. [3:51] Dun po sa mga members po na majority, please join us. [3:55] We will accept you with open arms. [3:57] Let's work together for the nation. [4:01] Not for ourselves, not for the political parties, not for certain individuals, but for the entire country. [4:08] Let's work together. [4:09] We will accept you. [4:11] We will embrace you. [4:12] Sir, can you say it again? [4:19] I say it again? [4:22] Well, right here in Rule 4 of the Senate, Section 5, it says, [4:26] A pro-tempore may act as acting president. [4:32] Acting, acting, Senate president. [4:35] Ang pro-tempore. [4:36] Well, Senator Migs. [4:44] And then, actually, yesterday pa eh, he's not very happy anymore. [4:50] Then, we really thought na yesterday he would join us, but he did not. [4:54] He was thinking it over, consulting his family, his friends. [4:58] And then, kanina morning, he said he will attend. [5:03] But we didn't expect it. [5:05] Kasi kahapon, he said he'll come, but he did not. [5:07] So, kanina, we were surprised when he joined us, when he arrived. [5:12] No, pag 12 po pwede, kasi majority na kami, of the 22, because it should be 11. [5:26] Divided by 2, 22 divided by 2 is 11, plus 1. [5:30] So, we have 12. [5:34] Not on SP. [5:35] I'm sorry, not on SP. [5:36] That's why we did not elect a Senate president, because we'll be violating a law. [5:41] We'll be violating the Constitution. [5:49] He was enlightened. [5:50] I mean, kaya nga po, ni-hack up na yun kanina, we were surprised, because Sen Migs was already, did we ask Sen Migs kanina, meron bang ikang kapalit, may sinasabi sa mga, wala naman. [6:03] Nothing. [6:09] There was none. [6:11] Kanina, no, nag-cocos kami ng 1 o'clock, wala pa eh. [6:17] Kasi yesterday, said na he will join, but he did not. [6:21] I was already preparing one to tell you guys, na pag hindi na naman sila sumipot, na I will say, na bahala na ang taong bayan. [6:43] Wala naman kapalit, ha. [6:44] I mean, bakit, ba't yun ka number 2, bakit makikialam ang palasyo? [6:49] Bakit ma'am makikialam? [6:50] I mean, this is a Senate. [6:52] I mean, we're another branch of government, di ba? [6:57] Then, pag dumating siya, it's okay. [7:00] I mean, we welcome him. [7:02] Well, we already declared it. [7:08] Kung susipot siya? [7:09] Kung susipot siya? [7:21] Actually, vacant yung Senate President. [7:24] I mean, because may acting na tayo, di ba? [7:26] There's an acting president. [7:29] Si Sen Wien, in his capacity as pro-tempore, until a new Senate President is elected. [7:36] And the only way that we can elect is we will have 13. [7:40] Otherwise, we cannot elect a new Senate President. [7:43] So, we will be, ikaw nga, the Senate pro-tempore will be the acting Senate President. [7:49] Definitely. [7:55] He will preside. [7:57] Yes, he will preside. [8:04] I think it's already stable because 12 kami, 10 lang sila. [8:12] You're Senate President, yes. [8:13] But what can he do? [8:16] I mean, he might be a virtual president, dahil majority na kami, di ba? [8:19] 12, 12 to 10. [8:21] Senator Merculeta, yung Blue Ribbon, how will you assert your... [8:28] That's illegal na po, yung kanyang tomorrow. [8:32] We have already instructed the Senate De Osa, the Senate Sergeant at Arms, the Senate Secretary. [8:40] All sits vacant na po, di ba? [8:42] We declared it. [8:43] So, illegal na po yung gagawin niya because there's already a new Blue Ribbon chairman. [8:55] I mean, sana tinignan niya muna yung kagrupo niya. [9:00] Ilan doon ang sabit? [9:01] Of course, yes. [9:07] Because of the new majority, there's 12 of us. [9:10] There's 12 of us. [9:11] And then, another thing. [9:15] Did you hear Senator Cheese abstain? [9:18] Hindi naman na. [9:20] So, he did not abstain. [9:23] When we said, when Senator Wynne said na declare all committee seats vacant, except for the Senate presidency. [9:36] I don't know how they will do that because there's already instruction to the Senate Sergeant at Arms. [9:42] There's a new Sergeant at Arms. [9:45] There will not be. [9:47] And then, there will be, we have, we're contacting now the House of Representatives that this is the Senate new majority. [9:58] And even Malacanang, there's already communication. [10:01] We're just waiting for the reply. [10:02] Because it's invalid already. [10:13] This is already a press conference, right? [10:15] I'm telling you. [10:15] I'm the new Blue Ribbon committee chair. [10:19] Because there's a new Senate majority. [10:23] Yung sinasabi po nila sila, Senator Marcoleta, hindi na po sila majority. [10:29] Nasa minority. [10:30] They only have 10. [10:31] Na kung gusto po pumunta ng mga Marines, magmeryenda, pammeryendahin na lang dyan. [10:36] Narayan na mga... [10:37] Is it on Monday, sir? [10:38] Yung mga baliwis dahil? [10:39] Or yung ibang guests sana po? [10:41] Invite niyo ba si na o yung banday? [10:42] We will review. [10:44] Upon consultation with the new members, like I said, everybody is a member of the Blue Ribbon. [10:53] Kasama po si Senator Marcoleta. [10:55] Kasama po si... [10:56] Kung gusto niya pa ang ex-oficio, Senate President Cayetano. [11:01] They're all invited. [11:09] Meron na nga yung Monday, di ba? [11:10] Yeah, of course. [11:17] Because number one, okay? [11:19] Subcommittee. [11:20] Dapat i-constitute ang subcommittee upon the instruction of the chairman of the committee. [11:25] Sino ba yung chairman noon? [11:26] Si Senator Pia Cayetano. [11:29] Number two, yung mga invitations. [11:31] Hindi man lang dumaan. [11:32] Kahit naman lang sa minority leader. [11:35] Eh, ang minority leaders, the ex-oficio of the Blue Ribbon. [11:38] Wala hindi siya binigyan ng copy. [11:40] Mabuti pa ang media meron. [11:42] So, that's another violation of the rules of the Senate. [11:45] Dapat bagay yung mga resource persons, ang bigyan mo, yung mga member ng committee para mapag-aralan nila. [11:52] Para we can formulate questions. [11:54] Anong itatanong ko dito? [11:55] So, not the media, because the media cannot ask them questions. [11:59] Not the bloggers. [12:03] No, we will, of course, we will look yung mga, we will still invite those people, some of those, [12:09] pero we will have to review yung list nila, hindi yung kung sino-sino, wala na pakundangan. [12:17] May mga pangalan ako na hindi ko na kilala, hindi naman contractor. [12:20] Sino ba yung mga yun? [12:21] Nakita ko, may 18 Marines na yun. [12:24] We will have to consult, of course, the members until Friday. [12:35] Say again? [12:38] Kung may lumipat, yeah, then we can convince, then we will elect. [12:42] I hope so. [12:47] But for now, ang sigurado lang is 12. [12:55] Ang mensahe, ang tao pagod na po. [12:58] Ang mensahe, lahat po nadadamay, pati po ang minority na pumapasok kami, [13:03] ang gulo-gulo ng Senado, wala na kayong ginawa. [13:06] Nakakahiya din po, pinapaswelduhan kami araw-araw. [13:10] Pagkatapos, three days, it's a violation of the Constitution. [13:14] So we really have to act drastically, ito na nga po. [13:17] Yung sinasabi lang, wala silang quorum, walang bilang. [13:21] Paano walang bilang? [13:22] There's only 22 of us now. [13:23] Yung isang nagtatago, ayon na magpakita. [13:25] Sinasabi mo, kung magpakita, sana magpakita siya. [13:29] Sana hindi siya magtatakbo sa hagdanan ulit. [13:32] Mag-stay siya dito sa floor, bumoto siya. [13:34] Sige, let's go. [13:41] Yes. [13:44] Kung may warrant of arrest. [13:45] If there's a warrant of arrest. [13:48] Pero there's no warrant of arrest pa naman. [13:50] Ongoing po yung investigation. [13:54] Well, depends. [13:55] It depends to the Ombudsman po. [13:57] Then we have to talk it over. [14:03] Well, one by one. [14:08] I'll take four more questions. [14:13] We'll have to choose. [14:14] We'll have to choose from amongst ourselves. [14:16] Not yet, not yet. [14:18] We'll have to choose. [14:24] No, that will be done on July 6th. [14:33] July 6th, we'll still follow the July 6th schedule. [14:37] Then doon po, mag-i-link kami ng impeachment trial officer. [14:42] Okay. [14:42] What is this? [14:42] I'll do it not. [14:42] Therefore. [14:43] So you're gonna be continuing. [14:43] I'll do it to the another.