00:00former senate president franklin drilon has defended senators kiko pangilinan and bam
00:09aquino for reportedly joining the senate majority bloc saying that the move doesn't
00:13mean they are no longer part of the opposition in an interview the former senator and loyal
00:20liberal party member insisted that pangilinan and aquino did not switch directions and are
00:25still pursuing the same advocacies they pushed for during the 2025 senatorial campaign
00:31drilon explained that the senator's advocacies are precisely what they are pursuing by getting
00:37into the majority bloc to head the committees on which they stood as an issue when they were
00:42campaigning his remarks came amid reports that the senators who made surprise but decisive comeback
00:49victories in the 2025 national elections are slated to join the majority bloc when congress
00:55opens on july 28. pangilinan is expected to head the committee on agriculture
01:01while aquino will take over the committee on education
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