Published May 26, 2026 8:19pm + Add GMA on Google Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Minority senators appeared to have prevented a vote on a motion to tackle in the plenary a proposed rule amendment that would allow senators to participate in the plenary sessions remotely, after they walked out of the plenary.Senate Minority Leader Sen. Vicente "Tito" Sotto III moved for a quorum call and the adjournment of the session after the members of the minority left the session hall.With no quorum, Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano said the majority would not object to the motion to adjourn but put on record that the members of the minority "scampered."The heated debates started when acting Senate Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva introduced to the plenary the proposal of Senator Rodante Marcoleta to amend the rules and include a provision that would allow senators to attend plenary sessions through teleconferencing. Cayetano, amid the debates, moved that the plenary tackle the proposal, which the minority senators vehemently objected to and opposed.It was Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri who first urged other members of the minority bloc to leave the plenary session after the majority bloc insisted of dividing the Senate when they "This is a travesty of our rules," Zubiri told reporters in a chance interview. –NB, GMA News