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MANILA, Philippines — The student council of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s law school rebuked him on Saturday for the turbulence in the chamber after he assumed the top leadership post in a “coup” last week.

“[T]he Ateneo Law School Student Council believes that Senator [Alan] Peter Cayetano fell short of the ethical leadership expected of him as an Atenean,” the student council said. “His actions disappoint those students who look to alumni of this institution for examples of principled leadership.”

The statement pointed to the sudden appearance, after a six-month absence, of Sen. Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on May 11 to vote for Cayetano to wrest control of the Senate.

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