00:00Senate President Pro Temporet Tito Soto III confirms
00:04Senator Mark Villar joins the Senate Majority Block.
00:31Soto says he was informed of the change only earlier in the day
00:34and that Senate Majority Floor Leader Mig Zubiri coordinated Villar's transfer.
00:40Zubiri moves for the election of Villar as a member of the Commission on Appointments under the Majority Block.
00:46Villar is also elected chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Works, replacing Soto.
00:52With Villar's transfer, the Majority Block now has 14 members and the minority has 10.
00:57His sister, Senator Camille Villar, remains with the Minority Block.
01:02Villar's move comes as the Office of the Ombudsman announced to graft complaints against members of the Villar family
01:08over contracts involving water concessionaire Prime Water.
