Cayetano: Senate minority 'plans' to take control of Senate panels

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday said minority senators had planned to remove committees from the “legitimate” majority. In another Facebook Live, Cayetano explained why his leadership had not convened the Senate session for two days since Monday. “Their plan was to eventually remove the committees from the legitimate majority. I say ‘legitimate majority’ because, in a fully independent Senate, 13 is 13,” he said in Filipino. “Even if someone is abroad, a fugitive, or in detention, in a democracy you cannot say, “I love democracy,” and then, when you are in the minority, expect your […]... Keep on reading: Cayetano: Senate minority 'plans' to take control of Senate panels