Senator Joel Villanueva. INQUIRER PHOTO / NIÑO JESUS ORBETA

MANILA, Philippines—It was not until late Tuesday night that the Senate majority received confirmation that Sen. Joel Villanueva would join them.

“It’s done,” Sen. Panfilo Lacson recalled Sen. JV Ejercito telling them.

According to Lacson, it was Ejercito who had been talking to Villanueva, who was part of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s group.

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