Alan Cayetano concedes Gatchalian camp has numbers

MANILA, Philippines— Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has conceded that  the camp of  Senate president pro tempore Sherwin Gatchalian now has the numbers to elect a new Senate president.

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“The arithmetic has changed. The Constitution has not. And now, after speaking with Sen. Joel Villanueva, it appears our colleagues on the other side will soon have the numbers to elect a new Senate President,” Cayetano said in a Facebook post ahead of the convening of a special session of Congress called by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.The special session is set to start at 9 a.m on Wednesday.

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“I will not stand in the way of that vote,”  he added.

Villanueva, who belonged to Cayetano’s group,  earlier announced that he would attend the special session called by the President./dp

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