Poe becomes 15th senator to sign resolution supporting Sotto as Senate President

By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu - 7 years ago

Sen. Grace Poe. Photo by Cathy Miranda/黑料社

Senator Grace Poe announced on Saturday that she has signed the Senate Resolution expressing support for the Senate presidency of Senator Tito Sotto.

鈥淥o, kaninang ala-una ng hapon, pumirma ako [Yes, earlier at 1 p.m. I signed it],鈥� Poe said in a radio interview over DWIZ.

Poe is the 15th senator from the Senate鈥檚 majority bloc who signed the resolution to replace current Senate President Aquilino 鈥淜oko鈥� Pimentel III.聽 This leaves Pimentel and Sotto as the only senators from the bloc who did not sign the proposal.

Other lawmakers who signed include:

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto
Senator Sonny Angara
Senator Loren Legarda
Senator Joseph Victor Ejercito
Senator Nancy Binay
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian
Senator Francis Escudero
Senator Richard Gordon
Senator Gregorio Honasan
Senator Panfilo Lacson
Senator Manny Pacquiao
Senator Joel Villanueva
Senator Cynthia Villar
Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri

Poe said that she believes that under Sotto鈥檚 leadership, the Senate will be more efficient and unified.

However, she refrained from making comparisons between Sotto and Pimentel.

鈥淗e brings the Senate together dahil sa kanyang personalidad, mabait si Tito Sen, so siyempre, napag-uusap niya kami na mas nagiging maayos at efficient 鈥榶ong pagtakbo ng Senado,鈥� Poe said.

鈥淎yaw ko namang mag-kumpara, malaki naman ang aking pag-galang kay Senator Pimentel, pero siyempre, mas matagal ko nang kilala si Senator Sotto at nakita ko na rin kung papaano niya kinausap ang iba鈥檛 ibang miyembro ng Senado, hindi lamang sa majority coalition kung hindi pati na rin ang minorya,鈥� the lawmaker added. /jpv