SP Escudero, inilahad ang mga nangyari bago ang balasahan ng liderato sa Senado
SP Escudero, inilahad ang mga nangyari bago ang balasahan ng liderato sa Senado
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00:00 The new Senate leaders answered the questions following the election yesterday.
00:07 Daniel Manalastas was there.
00:09 Senate President Francis Escudero told us how things really happened before the new leaders were replaced.
00:18 But for the new leaders of the Senate, the institution should move forward and not let the wounds deepen.
00:24 I'd rather focus on the unity of the Senate than to focus on the divide rest the beginning.
00:29 The replacement of the Senate President is always a right that through a gentle manner.
00:34 I think 9 out of 10, except for the first time, the Senate President is not removed from the DPP.
00:43 So there's no need for declaring vacant, etc.
00:49 It's not seamless, but at least it's peaceful and not chaotic.
00:55 I'm only here on Thursday.
00:59 When I say, "I'll start talking," there are a lot of people who are ready to accept me.
01:06 To Bato De La Rosa, who stuck it out to me till the very end.
01:11 Sir, I salute you, sir.
01:13 Senator Ronald De La Rosa's tears in the plenary were also viral yesterday
01:18 when Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri was asked to be the Senate President.
01:22 But earlier, he admitted...
01:24 You were with the 15 who signed in support of Senator President Escudero?
01:29 Yes. Even though my signature was already insignificant, they approached me after the battle has been won.
01:40 De La Rosa explained that he doesn't need to sign because there's a sufficient number of people to support Escudero as Senate President.
01:48 But when his colleagues heard that he's planning to run for minority after the election...
01:54 I was persuaded by Senator Chish and Senator Alan Quintano to please stay with the majority.
02:03 If the voting results are 2 against 1, Juan is obligated to follow the 2.
02:11 Zubiri and his allies were informed of this.
02:14 Zubiri didn't hide his dismay.
02:17 I thought I've seen strange things in my political career.
02:25 And this happens to be the strangest.
02:28 Yesterday, I was heartbroken.
02:30 Today, I'm dumbfounded.
02:32 I haven't processed what happened.
02:33 I told them, "Give me time. You haven't hugged my wife yet."
02:36 It's a bit painful.
02:38 Probably the greatest, biggest surprise of all.
02:42 It's funny as well because it came out after five or six hours.
02:51 But De La Rosa's defense to his crying...
02:54 I failed to win the war for you.
02:56 Sir, you cried because you were afraid of the SP.
03:00 Yes. That's why I cried.
03:02 It's not that I was upset.
03:06 I was afraid of him.
03:10 I failed to win the war for him.
03:16 The new Senate leader has an answer to the rumors
03:19 that he will only be a follower of the administration.
03:23 Maybe the Senate is not a rubber stamp.
03:26 There are no outside forces.
03:28 It is just among our colleagues here.
03:33 It's just a change in leadership.
03:34 We will always be supportive of the legislative concerns of the palace
03:44 as long as it will redound to the benefit of our people.
03:47 Not to mention the relationship between the Senate in Malacanang and the House of Representatives.
03:52 We should be cordial.
03:53 We should be cordial in the same manner as we were cordial a few hours ago
03:58 when we met representatives coming from the Supreme Court,
04:00 another co-equal branch of the government.
04:04 That's how it should be for the country.
04:05 Between the Senate and the House of Representatives,
04:08 the relationship between the Senate and the House of Representatives will be better.
04:19 According to Zubiri, they will remain seven senators in one block.
04:23 Daniel Manalastas for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.