00:02The first regular session of the 20th Congress,
00:06the Senate President Pro Temporate and Acting Senate President
00:10is Senator Wynne Gatchalian
00:12after declaring the forum to come to the plenary of Sen. Chee Scudero.
00:17He is now in Malacanang and Kamara,
00:19but the question of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano
00:24and Sen. Lauren Legada
00:26is to be a leader.
00:28Saksi si Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:34The 69th session of the Senate
00:37in the first regular session of the 20th Congress
00:40is hereby called to order.
00:47Matapos ang dalawang araw na walang session sa Senado,
00:50nagbukas ang session pasado alas 3-20 kanina.
00:54With 12 senators present, the chair declares a quorum.
01:00Kumpleto ang labing isang minority senators
01:02na dagdagan sila ng isa.
01:05Si Sen. Chee Scudero na bahagi ng majority
01:07na bumoto noon para kay Cayetano.
01:09May yakap siya ng ilang senador
01:12nung damating siya sa plenaryo.
01:14Mr. President Officer, I move to declare
01:18all elected positions in the Senate vacant.
01:22Is there any objection?
01:24Julie seconded, the motion is approved.
01:32Inulukluk si Gatchalian bilang
01:34president pro tempore at kalaunay itinalagang
01:37acting senate president.
01:39Si Sen. Mig Zubiri naman,
01:41ang chair ng Senate Committee on Rules
01:42at ng Committee on Foreign Relations.
01:45Si Sen. Erwin Tulfoy,
01:47kinilaga bilang chairman
01:48ng Blue Ribbon Committee
01:49at Social Welfare.
01:50Si Sen. JV Ejercito,
01:52ang chair ng Finance Committee.
01:54Sen. Tito Soto,
01:55chair ng National Defense.
01:57Sen. Ping Lakson,
01:59chair ng Public Order Committee
02:00at Accounts.
02:02Si Sen. Rafi Tulfo,
02:04Public Services.
02:05Sen. Bam Aquino,
02:06Basic Education.
02:07Sen. Kiko Pangilinan,
02:09Agriculture.
02:10Sen. Riza Ontiveros,
02:11Health.
02:12Sen. Dito Lapid,
02:13Games and Amusement.
02:14At Sen. Cheese Escudero
02:16sa Committee on Housing.
02:18Itinalaga namang
02:19Senate Secretary
02:20Sir Ray Bantug
02:21at Senate Sergeant at Arms
02:23si dating Police Major
02:24General Alfredo Soto Corpus.
02:26Pinaliwanag ni Gatchalian
02:27ang basihan
02:28ng kanilang aksyon ngayong araw.
02:30We are compelled
02:31to call the session
02:32to order today.
02:34After the Senate adjourned
02:35on May 26, 2026,
02:38session was scheduled
02:39to resume on Monday,
02:41June 1, 2026,
02:43and on Tuesday,
02:45June 2, 2026.
02:47But the former Senate President
02:49failed to appear
02:50in both instances.
02:51Further, Article 6,
02:53Section 16.5
02:55of the Constitution provides
02:56that neither house shall
02:59during sessions of Congress
03:00adjourn for more than three days
03:03without the consent
03:04of the other house.
03:05The Senate has been adjourned
03:09and unable to resume session
03:11for the past two days,
03:13placing us on the brink
03:14of constitutional violation
03:16had we not convened today.
03:19Thus, in the absence
03:20of a duly consulted postponement
03:23and the continued absence
03:25of the former Senate President,
03:27former Senate President
03:28Potempore,
03:29and members of the majority,
03:31we are compelled
03:32to call the session to order.
03:33Inilatag niya ang legal
03:35na basihan kung bakit
03:36labid dalawang senador
03:37ang ginawang batayan
03:38para maghayag ng quorum
03:40at hindi labid tatlo
03:42na majority
03:42ng kabuang
03:4324 na senador.
03:45The quorum of 12
03:46is based on majority
03:48of 22 senators
03:51over whom jurisdiction
03:52can be obtained
03:53by the Senate.
03:55This is in full accord
03:56with the ruling
03:57of the court
03:58in Avellino v. Cuenco
04:00that an absolute majority
04:03of 12 out of the 23 members
04:05can constitute
04:06a constitutional majority
04:08of the Senate
04:09for quorum purposes.
04:10Ang tinutukoy na
04:12Supreme Court decision
04:13ay ibinaba
04:14noong March 4, 1949
04:16sa kasong
04:17Jose Avellino
04:17v. Mariano Cuenco.
04:19Sa naturang kaso,
04:21kinilala ng Supreme Court
04:22na hindi 24 senators
04:23ang dapat pagbatayan
04:25ng quorum.
04:26Kaya para sa new majority,
04:2822 senators na lamang
04:30ang kabuang bilang nila
04:31dahil nakakulong ang isa
04:33habang nagtatago
04:34naman ang isa pa.
04:35Binanggit din ni Gatchalian
04:37na dati nang nagdeklara
04:38ng quorum
04:39ng 12 senador lang
04:41ang nasa plenario.
04:42Nangyari yan
04:43noong May 5, 2015.
04:45Apat na senador
04:46ang nasa ibang bansa noon
04:47at tatlo naman
04:48ang nakakulong
04:49dahil sa PDAF scam.
04:51Ayon kay Gatchalian,
04:52kasunod
04:53ng nangyari kanina,
04:54meron na ngayong
04:55functioning Senate.
04:56Ang gusto namin
04:57bumalik na sa trabaho.
04:58Hindi tayo pwedeng ganito
04:59for the rest of our lives.
05:01Ang daming nakabindi
05:02na legislation.
05:05Sa press conference
05:07pagkatapos sa sasyon,
05:08sinabi ni Sen. Erwin Tulfo
05:10na hanggat di nakukuha
05:12ng kanilang grupo
05:13ang labing tatlong senador
05:15na nanatiling
05:16Senate President si Cayetano.
05:17We will be a virtual
05:18Senate President.
05:19We cannot touch
05:20the Senate Presidency
05:21because we don't have 13.
05:23Pero sa payag ng binansag
05:25ang bagong Senate Majority,
05:26hindi na raw
05:27Senate President si Cayetano
05:28matapos
05:29ideklarang bakanti
05:30ang lahat ng posisyon.
05:32Anila,
05:32hindi palang naihalal
05:34si Gatchalian
05:34bilang bagong Senate President
05:36dahil kailangan
05:37ng labing tatlong boto
05:38sa ilalim
05:39ng konstitusyon.
05:40Sa isang mapahayag,
05:41pinuri nila
05:42ang desisyon
05:43ni Escudero
05:44na pumunta
05:44sa sasyon.
05:46Ayon kay Escudero,
05:47hindi na
05:48katanggap-tanggap
05:49ang aniyay
05:50impasse
05:50o di
05:51pagkakasundo
05:52sa Senado.
05:53Wala raw siyang pinapanigang
05:54paksyon,
05:55personalidad
05:56o alyansa,
05:57kundi naninindigan
05:58para sa Senado.
05:59He was enlightened.
06:01I mean,
06:01kaya nga po,
06:02niyakap na yan kanina,
06:03we were surprised
06:03because SenMigs was already,
06:05we asked SenMigs
06:08kanina,
06:09meron bang
06:10ikang kapalit,
06:11may sinasabi sabi niya,
06:12wala naman.
06:12Paano niyo na-convince
06:13si Sen. Cheez sir?
06:16Sa isang Facebook Live,
06:18sinabi ni Cayetano
06:19na wala siyang intensyong kilalanin
06:21ang reorganization
06:22ng Senate leadership
06:24kanina.
06:24Giti Cayetano,
06:26labing tatlong
06:27kanilang bilang
06:27para palitan siya
06:29at mag-organisa ng
06:30Senate leadership
06:31at committee assignments.
06:33Ang nakalagay sa
06:34konstitusyon
06:35ng Pilipinas,
06:37pwedeng mag-conduct
06:39ng business
06:40ang Senado
06:41by a majority
06:42of all its members.
06:45Ang majority po
06:46ng 24
06:47ay 13 po.
06:4813 po
06:50ang numero.
06:52Yung sinasabi po
06:53nilang kaso
06:54yung po
06:55ay ibang-iba.
06:56Nag-adjourn po kami
06:58nung nag-walk out sila.
06:59So that means
07:00they have to call the roll
07:01at kailangan
07:0313 o'clock.
07:04Yung binabagit nilang kaso po
07:06inahamon po lahat ng abogado.
07:09It is not applicable
07:10kasi doon po
07:12tuloy-tuloy yung sesyo.
07:14Tiligil
07:15tapos sinabing
07:16may continuing
07:17forum po sila.
07:18Kung titignan nyo po
07:19ang rule 1 and 2
07:20ng Senado
07:21na ayon ito
07:22sa Philippine Constitution
07:23para i-elect
07:25ang Sen.
07:26President
07:26at ang Sen.
07:28President pro-temp
07:28o pro-tempore
07:30ay kailangan po
07:3113.
07:33So,
07:34paano po nila alisin
07:35si Sen.
07:36Loren Legarda
07:37kung 12 lang po sila?
07:39Gate din ni Sen.
07:40Loren Legarda.
07:41Hindi legal
07:42ang paghalal
07:43ng Sen.
07:44President pro-tempore
07:45kung kulang
07:46ang 13 boto
07:47batay
07:48sa Senate rules.
07:49Ang pansamantalang
07:50absence daw
07:51ng ilang membro
07:52hindi dahilan para
07:53baliwalain
07:54ang kanilang mandato.
07:56Sabi ni Kayatano,
07:57hindi siya pwedeng
07:58palitang presiding officer.
08:00She or he shall only
08:01become acting president
08:03in the case of
08:04subsection C
08:04which says
08:05in the event
08:06of resignation
08:07hindi po tayo
08:08nagre-resign.
08:10Removal
08:10hindi po nila ako
08:12naalis.
08:13Death
08:14buhay pa naman po
08:15siguro ako
08:16hindi po
08:16AI ito.
08:18Hindi po
08:19AI ang
08:19pumaka-onsap sa
08:21nyo ngayon.
08:21Buhay pa po ako.
08:23Absolute incapacity
08:24siguro naman po
08:26nakikita nyo
08:27nakakapag-isip po
08:28nakakapagsalita po ako.
08:30So wala pong ground
08:32para magkaroon
08:33ng acting president.
08:35Sen. Winn,
08:36Lucian,
08:37ingat kayo dyan.
08:39You're playing around
08:40with fire.
08:41This is not just
08:42about the Senate.
08:43This is about
08:44the Philippine Constitution.
08:45Ang venue dapat,
08:46ang proper venue
08:47ng debate
08:47sa plenario.
08:49Monday hinintay namin sila.
08:51Tuesday hinintay namin sila.
08:52Kanina hinintay namin sila.
08:54Sa Facebook naman
08:55siya nag-e-speed.
08:56Nagpaabot ng pagbati
08:58kay Gatchalian
08:59si House Speaker Bojie D.
09:00Sabay sabing mahalagang tungkulin
09:02ang pagiging acting
09:03Senate President.
09:05Ang palasyo,
09:06inira-respeto
09:07ang pagbabago
09:08sa liderato
09:09ng Senado.
09:10Ang nangyari
09:11sa Senado ngayong hapon
09:12ay naaayon
09:14sa batas
09:14at rule of law.
09:16Kinikilala
09:17at nire-respeto
09:18ng palasyo
09:19ang desisyon
09:20ng bagong mayorya.
09:22Ako si Sandra Aguinaldo,
09:23ang inyong saksi.
09:24Muzikilala
09:27Muzikilala
09:28Muzikilala
09:29Muzikilala
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