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\"Risa<\/a>

Risa Hontiveros<\/p><\/div>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 A single opposition senator can do the job of keeping the administration in check, according to outgoing Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.<\/p>\n

The Senate leader dampened fears on Tuesday that the chamber could become a rubber stamp of the next administration with only Sen. Risa Hontiveros left among prominent opposition voices. \u201cIn my view, a single opposition senator can do the job of fiscalizing,\u201d Drilon told reporters on the sidelines of the joint canvassing of votes for president and vice president at the House of Representatives complex.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can do a filibuster. You can\u2019t close the period of debates and you should allow anyone to take the floor because of the no-cloture rule,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Because of the no-cloture rule, which blocks any senator from summarily closing or terminating a debate, \u201ca single senator can block the passage of any bill,\u201d said Drilon, who is retiring at the end of June.<\/p>\n

Tyranny of numbers<\/h2>\n

According to him, this essentially spelled the difference between the House and the Senate, making tyranny of numbers \u201cmore theoretical\u201d in the latter than actually practiced.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the debates are ongoing, you can\u2019t vote,\u201d Drilon said.<\/p>\n

Of the three other minority senators, only Hontiveros was reelected. Detained Sen. Leila de Lima lost her reelection bid while Sen. Francis Pangilinan opted to run for vice president but lost.<\/p>\n

But Hontiveros might not necessarily be alone in the opposition as some of her colleagues, like Sen. Aquilino Pimentel III and Senator-elect Alan Peter Cayetano, are reportedly interested in joining the minority bloc.<\/p>\n

By tradition, according to Drilon, the minority bloc in the Senate will be composed of those who do not vote for the winning Senate President.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo at this point, we don\u2019t know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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