Sotto shrugs off coup rumors; Cayetano says no management shakeup but

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‘As of at the moment, the 13 votes should not there but or not current,’ says Senate Minority Chief Alan Peter Cayetano

MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III denied figuring out any details about a coup plot in opposition to him as rumors swirled on social media over the weekend.

Ought to he be faraway from his put up, Sotto instructed reporters on Monday, February 2, that his strictness in the direction of finances insertions might be a motive.

Sotto added that he serves on the pleasure of his colleagues, and that he was not fazed by the most recent ouster rumors.

Senate Minority Chief Alan Peter Cayetano, for his half, mentioned that they didn’t have the 13 votes wanted for a management shakeup throughout Monday’s plenary session.

“Ako personally, I feel everybody’s campaigning as a substitute of governing. So it’s actually, do you get 13 individuals of like minds? However as of at the moment, wala pa ‘yung 13 na ‘yan or ‘yung 13 hindi current,” Cayetano mentioned.

(I personally suppose everybody’s campaigning as a substitute of governing. So it’s actually, do you get 13 individuals of like minds? However as of at the moment, these 13 should not there or not current.)

Cayetano additionally reiterated that the minority will all the time need to be part of the bulk.

“It was by no means a secret. They (majority bloc) was once within the minority, and now they’re within the majority. After they have been there, everybody was completely satisfied giving them a strive. They’d their victories, that they had their faults, however should you have been to ask me, evidently there’s a nationwide marketing campaign happening for points that aren’t intestine points,” the Senate minority chief mentioned in a mixture of English and Filipino.