By MANILA, Philippines – As he continued to insist on Monday on being Senate president, Alan Peter Cayetano noted that there were already two upper chambers – “the Senate of the Philippines and the Senate of Malacañang.”
According to Cayetano, Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian rejected his proposal of an interim setup, under which both of them would sign Senate documents without their designations.
“I sent him a letter to talk with [Senate Secretary Rey Bantug], and we offered, if Senator Win would like, that we would both sign [documents] even without designation. But because they don’t like to agree, there are two Senates now. You have the Senate of the Philippines, and you have the Senate of Malacañang,” Cayetano said in a mix of English and Filipino in a press conference.
