00:00Voting 15 to 9 Senators oust Cheese Escudero as Senate President Monday, September 8.
00:07Senate Minority Leader Tito Soto replaces him and tells reporters he met with Escudero on Monday and the latter agreed to step down.
00:15Senator Ping Lakson is now Senate President pro tempore, replacing Senator Jinggoy Estrada,
00:20while Senator Mig Zubiri will be the majority leader in place of Senator Joel Villanueva.
00:25Rappler sources say the 15 Senators who supported the leadership change are the following.
00:30The Senate leadership shake-up comes as the upper chamber probes anomalous government flood control projects,
00:40which Escudero's campaign top donor is being linked to.
00:44Lawrence Lubiano is President of Center Waste Construction and Development, Inc.,
00:48which was named by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. as 7th of the top 15 contractors for flood control projects.
00:55Lubiano contributed P30 million to Escudero's campaign.
00:59Before the flood control mess, Escudero was perceived to have delayed the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte and faced heavy criticism.
01:07Soto challenged Escudero's leadership during the opening of the 20th Congress on July 28.
01:12Soto served as Senate President from 2018 to 2022.
01:15Rappler sources claim Soto was previously Marcos' choice for the Senate Presidency.
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