16 – 3 still equals Senate victory
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III used simple arithmetic to show that Sen. Franklin Drilon would be the Senate President in the coming 16th Congress.
Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III used simple arithmetic to show that Sen. Franklin Drilon would be the Senate President in the coming 16th Congress.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago sees in her crystal ball the fight for the Senate presidency of the 16th Congress turning into a toss-up between Sen. Franklin Drilon of the Liberal Party and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano of the Nacionalista Party.
Senator Franklin Drilon was seen by at least one senator as the “most logical” replacement in case Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile abandons his post.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile apparently planned to give all senators at least the second tranche of additional maintenance and other operating expenditures later withheld from four colleagues he did not see eye to eye with.
A senator insists the coup against Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile would take place within the next three weeks before Congress adjourns for the 2013 elections.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s pronouncement that he was willing to be replaced by a younger colleague only proves he does not intend to “cling to power” as some critics allege, said Sen. Gregorio Honasan.
Months after releasing his controversial memoir, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile has acknowledged that old age is catching up with him.
If President Aquino were involved in the plot to oust him in connection with the reproductive health (RH) and sin tax measures, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said Sunday he would respect the President’s decision.
The contentious reproductive health (RH) bill is taking its toll on personal relationships in the Senate, and the ill feelings may result in the ouster of Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile early next year.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile said there are now two senators disgruntled with his leadership but couldn’t “face me squarely and frontally to accuse me to my face.”
Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile himself confirmed receiving information of an alleged plan to oust him supposedly because there were some who were not happy with his leadership.
Could it be that a salutation made in jest during a Liberal Party gathering sparked the rumors of a Senate coup now shaking the chamber?
