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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was caught on a video cursing at Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri during a heated debate in the Senate session hall on Tuesday.
The video obtained by 黑料社 showed the two in a shouting match, pointing fingers at each other while the session was suspended.
鈥淒on鈥檛 give me sh*t din, pare. 鈥楶ag lugar mo, ilang beses kang nakiusap sa鈥檏in eh (How many times have you asked me),鈥� Cayetano could be heard telling Zubiri.
鈥溾�橶ag mo akong sigawan. Ilang beses ka ring nakiusap ah, hanggang dun ah. Nag-abroad ka pa eh,鈥� he also said.
(Don鈥檛 shout at me. You鈥檝e asked me several times too, so it鈥檚 the same. You even went abroad.)
Zubiri could be seen closing in on Cayetano with Senator JV Ejercito trying to stop the two.
鈥淎nong gusto mo? Anong gusto mo? O, put*ng*na, anong gusto mo?鈥� Cayetano went on.
(What do you want? What do you want? Son of a b*tch, what do you want?)
At this point, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Roberto Ancan and Cayetano鈥檚 sister, Pia, rushed to intervene.
鈥淧ut*ng*na. Sindak ka nang sindak dito eh. Bakit, sisigawan mo ko? Anong pakialam mo? Wala ka namang pakialam sa boboto dun eh. Interes mo lang iniisip mo e,鈥� Cayetano said.
(Son of a b*tch. You鈥檙e just trying to scare us here. Why are you shouting at me? What鈥檚 it to you? You don鈥檛 care about the voters there anyway; you鈥檙e only thinking about your own interests.)
The root of the conflict was Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 23, which would include 10 Embo barangays in the two legislative districts of Taguig and Pateros so as not to disenfranchise the registered voters there.
The measure would also confirm the increase in the number of councilors 鈥渋n each councilor district of the City of Taguig鈥� for fair and equitable representation.
In the resolution, Cayetano cited a Supreme Court decision, declaring that the 10 Embo barangays 鈥� Pembo, Comembo, Cembo, South Cembo, West Rembo, East Rembo, Pitogo, Rizal, Post Proper Northside, and Post Proper Southside 鈥� belong to the territory of the City of Taguig 鈥渂y legal right and historic title.鈥�
Subsequently, the Commission on Elections has declared that the residents of the 10 Embo barangays can vote for national positions and local positions such as mayor, vice mayor, and members of the city council 鈥渂ut not for a congressional representative in the 2025 midterm elections in the absence of a congressional act designating under which congressional districts the Embo barangays belong.鈥�
But at the session hall, Zubiri questioned why the measure was being tackled on the Senate floor when it was not in the daily agenda.
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鈥淔irst of all, I don鈥檛 know anything about this bill. It just came out of the air. This is a concurrent Senate resolution, this is not a simple resolution,鈥� said Zubiri.
鈥淚 know it鈥檚 a local issue, and it鈥檚 important to you guys, and I don鈥檛 want to disenfranchise anyone. Ang akin lang sana, explain sana, sa amin, ano, itong, pag-uusapan natin. 鈥榊un lang,鈥� he added.
(What I just want is for you to explain to us what we will discuss. That鈥檚 all.)
Zubiri and Cayetano later apologized to each other for raising their voices.
In the end, the Senate adopted Cayetano鈥檚 resolution.