Senate minority: Majority's absence is a ‘boycott’ not independence

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate minority bloc said the absence of the majority during Monday’s session was a boycott following the arrest of Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, not a call for Senate independence as Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano claimed. All 11 minority senators, or the Solid Bloc-11 (SB-11), waited two hours for the 5 p.m. session to commence, but no session took place due to the absence of all majority senators, including Cayetano. “The claim that this is about Senate independence is false, because what happened today was about the rule of law, public accountability and a lawful process before […]... Keep on reading: Senate minority: Majority's absence is a ‘boycott’ not independence