Cayetano challenges minority member: Let the Senate go quiet

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Monday evening challenged the minority senator to “let the Senate go quiet.” This comes after majority Sen. Jinggoy Estrada was arrested at the Senate premises on Monday afternoon amid a plunder case filed against him at the Sandiganbayan. READ: Senate majority no show? Minority bloc waits for session to resume “The independence of this institution, and the legal standing of any of its members, are not currencies. The day they become things to be traded, is the day that the senate is diminished,” Cayetano said in a social media post […]... Keep on reading: Cayetano challenges minority member: Let the Senate go quiet