TEARS AT PLENARY. Sen. Pia Cayetano (left) gets a hug from Sen. Camille Villar as Sen. Loren Legarda (right) also tears up following Cayetano’s emotional outburst in reaction to an earlier speech by Sen. Risa Hontiveros on the May 13 shooting inside the Senate building. (Photo from NIÑO JESUS ORBETA)
MANILA, Philippines — A group of artists and poets who participated in “Kislap Diwa”– an annual event organized in partnership with the Office of Sen. Loren Legarda – has “dissociated” itself from the lawmaker.
This move comes after she voted to elect Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate president.
“For years, the Senator has presented herself as a defender of culture and the creative life. Many of us believed her. Our gathering was made possible by that belief,” a statement from the group posted by San Anselmo Publications on Wednesday read.
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