The Senate blue ribbon committee hearing of the Cayetano bloc, led by Sen. Pia Cayetano, on the flood control scandal on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (INQUIRER.net / Maila Ager)
MANILA, Philippines – The new Senate majority bloc on Thursday branded as “bogus” and a “naked grab for power” a hearing conducted by some minority bloc colleagues led by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.
In a joint statement, the majority senators urged their colleagues to abandon the “bogus” hearing and instead “respect the rules, the quorum, and the duly constituted leadership of the Senate.”
“What we are seeing is a naked grab for power dressed up as inquiry and oversight. It is nothing more than a self-serving spectacle meant to cling to positions they have already lost in a valid and constitutional reorganization of the Senate,” they said.
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