00:00Senator Loren Legarda presided over the resumption of the Senate session on Wednesday, February 4,
00:06after it was suspended for more than an hour.
00:08This amid speculation she was set to become the chamber's first female leader.
00:14Senate Majority Floor Leader Mig Zubiri told Legarda after she banged the gavel to resume the session,
00:20adding that it was nice to see her at the Senate President's seat.
00:23There were only 10 senators when session resumed on Wednesday, all members of the majority bloc.
00:28Since Monday, there had been rumors that the minority bloc was courting Legarda to wrest the Senate presidency from Tito Soto.
00:35This after a draft Senate Blue Ribbon Committee report recommending plundered charges against Senators
00:40Cheese Escudero, Joel Villanueva, and Jingoy Estrada over their alleged involvement in anomalous flood control projects.
00:47Talks about possible power sharing in the Senate were fueled by a photo posted by Senator Kiko Pangilinan
00:52of the majority bloc's meeting while session was suspended with the hashtag PowerSharing.
00:57The meeting, joined by Legarda, apparently averted a Senate coup.
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