Mark Villar not among SC petitioners vs Gatchalian bloc amid trip abroad

Sen. Mark Villar

MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Mark Villar was noticeably not among the signatories of the Supreme Court petition filed on Tuesday by the Cayetano bloc to declare null and void the Senate proceedings on June 3, which put Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as the Acting Senate President.

According to his office, this was due to Villar’s trip abroad.

“We would like to inform everyone that Senator Mark Villar is abroad due to personal reasons,” one of the senator’s staff told the media in a text message on Tuesday.

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