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MANILA, Philippines — Senators of the minority bloc called on Tuesday for the resignation of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano, saying he could “no longer function” as the chamber’s leader following the majority bloc’s absence from the Senate plenary session for the second consecutive day.
Cayetano had announced earlier on Tuesday via Facebook Live that he and his majority colleagues would not be attending the plenary sessions. The majority then released a statement saying their decision not to show up and provide a quorum for plenary sessions was intended to protect the integrity of ongoing Senate investigations amid recent developments.
The issue, they added, is not the Senate presidency but whether ongoing investigations, particularly those involving allegations of corruption and misuse of public funds, would be allowed to continue without interruption or political interference.
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