Alan Peter Cayetano’s tumultuous Senate presidency has ended.
Cayetano had risen to the Senate presidency on May 11, a Monday, after his bloc ousted Senator Tito Sotto in a dramatic coup.
Weeks later, on June 3, Cayateno was ousted after a senators declared the seats vacant and made Sherwin Gatchalian as the new Senate pro tempore and acting Senate president.
Cayetano, however, had asserted that he was still the “legitimate” Senate president and those who wanted him out didn’t have the numbers.
But on Wednesday, June 17, Cayetano gave up, relinquishing his claim to the Senate presidency shortly before the Senate convened for a special session. In that session, Gatchalian was elected as Senate president.
