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Five senators facing corruption complaints are seen as the swing vote in the plot to oust Senate President Alan Cayetano
Last Monday, May 11, the pro-Duterte camp in the Senate finally got the last vote — that of now-fugitive Senator Bato dela Rosa — to meet the magic number of 13 that allowed them to oust Tito Sotto as president and replace him with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.
This ended Sotto’s eight-month stint as Senate president, following his coup in September 2025 against Senator Chiz Escudero. If you recall, Escudero spent just over a month in his reelected post after his alleged involvement in the flood corruption scandal.
Drowned out by the noise was the Duterte camp’s recruitment, too, from the Sotto side of four senators — Loren Legarda, Pia Cayetano, and the Villar siblings Mark and Camille.
