President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Wednesday called on senators to "get back to work" after plenary sessions have been stalled due to a “no show” from the majority bloc.“Get back to work. Get back to work because it’s important, ang dami nating kailangang gawin,” Marcos said.(We have a lot of work to do.)“I’m afraid whatever all these events that we have been witnessing has thrown the Senate and its leadership, the whole Senate, into disarray. It has discredited the leadership. It stopped the essential business of legislation in government,” Marcos added.The President said this in an ambush interview in Manila City where he led the ceremonial turnover of the Socio-Civic Projects Fund (SCPF) Financial Assistance during a meet and greet with the presidential scholars.Marcos also stressed that the two other departments—the Executive and the Judiciary—continue to do their functions.“Why does the legislature decide to stop working? I don’t understand that,” he added.Marcos, a former senator and congressman himself, said that before a chamber cancels the session, it has to inform the other chamber three days prior.“There has to be a very good reason for cancelling a session,” he said. “I don't think na ihahatid mo ang isang senador para pumunta kung saan siya pupunta, hindi yata sapat na dahilan ‘yan para i-cancel ang isang session. Isang session lang ‘yun, ngayon kanselado na naman ang isang session. Hindi ko nga maintindihan kung papaano sila magtatrabaho ‘pag ganito.”(I don't think accompanying a fellow senator to wherever he would go was enough reason to cancel a session. It was just one session, now another session has been canceled. I don't understand how they can work like this.) On Monday, the Senate held no session after members of the majority skipped the proceedings following the arrest of Senator Jinggoy Estrada for plunder charges. 'In disarray'Marcos lamented the happenings at the Senate, saying that these will affect the Filipino people considering that bills cannot be passed into laws without Senate sessions. “The best description I can have is that the legislature is now in disarray. But that is exactly the opposite from what we are trying to achieve. We are trying to achieve some form of stability so that people can get on with their lives, so that people can plan ahead for their future, so that people can count on the assistance of government during this time of an emergency,” the President said.“We cannot do that if the legislature decides to stay at home and have a vacation. That is anathema to everything that governance is about,” he continued. Marcos said that he never imagined in his entire political life that such events could happen, especially to the Senate.“It’s a very, very sad situation to have to watch. The country is in need of assistance. People are in need of assistance. How can we provide that assistance without the proper legislation to back it up? That is my problem here looking at it from the side of the Executive,” he said.RemedyAsked what he would do as President, Marcos said that he is examining all options possible. “We’re looking at the law, we’re looking at the Constitution and to see how we can remedy the situation. But it requires the cooperation and the commitment of the Senate leadership to continue with their work,” he said. “The Executive is co-equal only to the legislature. We cannot tell them what to do, we cannot punish them for what they are doing. They have to regulate themselves. And they haven't been doing much of a good job right now,” he added.Alan Peter CayetanoMinority senators on Tuesday called for the resignation of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano over the majority bloc's continued absence in the plenary sessions."Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano SHOULD RESIGN as he has shown that he cannot function as the leader of the Senate," the senators said in a joint statement."The Senate cannot be made to stop working simply because its presiding officer refuses to lead," they added.Cayetano, in a Facebook live, explained the majority bloc did not attend the session to protect the integrity of the committees and ensure the Senate Blue Ribbon legislative inquiry into the flood control mess will resume.The 11-member minority bloc denied the allegations, saying it was the majority's "figment of their imagination."“Walang pinipigil na hearings. Figment of their imagination ang ginagawa nila. Wala kaming ginagawang hadlang sa proseso ng Senado at mga agenda ng Senado,” Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said.(We are not stopping any hearings. That is a figment of their imagination. We are not obstructing Senate processes or its agenda.) —VAL, GMA News