Cayetano Takes over as Senate Ousts Sotto - BusinessWorld Online
Alan Peter Cayetano won 13 votes to take the Senate presidency as lawmakers moved toward an impeachment vote against Vice President Sara Duterte.
- On Monday, May 11, 2026, the Philippine Senate elected Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate President, replacing Senate President Vicente Tito Sotto III after 13 senators backed the leadership change.
- This leadership shift occurred as the House of Representatives moved toward a critical vote to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, who faces charges of misusing confidential funds and bribery.
- Nine senators voted to retain Sotto while two abstained, following warnings from the PDP-Laban Party that lawmakers supporting the impeachment could face electoral challenges in their districts.
- After taking his oath on Monday, Cayetano stated there was "no truth" to claims that the leadership change aims to stop impeachment proceedings, which he noted are "enshrined in the Constitution."
- Political scientist Cleve Arguelles believes the rearrangement was a strategic move intended "to guarantee paralysis, delay, or acquittal" of the impeachment trial that the Senate will preside over.
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Saving Sara a second time: The Senate kneels to one family
Alan Peter Cayetano is now the Senate president. Thirteen senators backed the leadership change, a hastily-assembled coalition with a single purpose: to protect one family. What happened last Monday wasn’t a Senate reorganization. It was a heist done in public view, intended to dampen the political impact of the House vote that impeached Vice President Sara Duterte for a second time. The ending of this political spectacle is already written. T…
San Carlos bishop calls for fair, transparent impeachment trial
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Cayetano takes over as Senate ousts Sotto - BusinessWorld Online
By Kaela Patricia B. Gabriel THE Senate on Monday elected Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano as its new Senate president, replacing Senator Vicente C. Sotto III, just as the House of Representatives votes to impeach Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio. Voting 13-9 with two abstentions, the chamber ousted Mr. Sotto ahead of the expected impeachment trial in the Senate. Senators also elected Senator Lorna Regina B. Legarda as the new Senate president p…
Diokno: Public to closely watch impeach process no matter who leads Senate
MANILA, Philippines— The public will be keeping an eye on the impeachment process no matter who is leading the Senate, Akbayan Rep. Jose Manuel Diokno said.Senators on Monday elected Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as the chamber's president, replacing Sen. Vicente Sotto III."No matter who the sitting leader of the Senate is, the public will closely watch the impeachment process", Diokno said in a statement."The House has already done its job, and I ho…
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