{"id":1972020,"date":"2024-08-12T19:08:51","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=1972020"},"modified":"2024-08-12T19:28:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T11:28:18","slug":"looking-for-senate-majority-leader-zubiri-told-francis-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/1972020\/looking-for-senate-majority-leader-zubiri-told-francis-in-paris","title":{"rendered":"Looking for Senate Majority Leader? Zubiri told \u2018Francis in Paris\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino\u2019s absence during Monday\u2019s session in the upper chamber cannot go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

The Senate was just starting its regular session when Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri raised a quick point of inquiry in the plenary.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a bit naughty today. Where is our beloved Majority Floor Leader [Francis Tolentino], your honor? Because I miss him\u00a0\u00a0too\u2026\u201d Zubiri said.<\/p>\n

It was Senate President Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero, who answered the question.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the gentleman will agree with me that Francis in Paris rhymes better than Emily in Paris,\u201d Escudero said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEmily in Paris” is the romantic-comedy series on Netflix, which stars Lily Collins.<\/p>\n

Responding to Escudero\u2019s remark, Zubiri said: \u201cIf that\u2019s the case, if he\u2019s in Paris, then I was hoping that we can amend the prayer of Sen. (Mark Villar) to include him in safe travels back home.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Senate chief informed the body that Tolentino was already on his way.<\/p>\n

Tolentino\u2019s Instagram posts on Sunday showed he joined a thanksgiving mass for Filipino atheletes in Paris.<\/p>\n

\"Senate

Instagram post of Senate Majority Floor Leader Francis “tol” Tolentino<\/p><\/div>\n

One of his photos was with Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo, who won two gold medals in the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n

READ: Incentives continue to pour for Carlos Yulo after double gold feat<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Zubiri recalled that when he was the Senate Majority Leader in the 14th Congress, the late Sen. Joker Arroyo would always look for him in the session hall.<\/p>\n

READ: Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is Senate\u2019s top absentee<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I would leave the sesison hall early, the late great Joker Arroyo would always stand up and look for me and\u00a0\u00a0say where is the Majority Floor Leader Mr. President?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even former Senator Juan Ponce-Enrile and now Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada would always question him in jest whenever he leaves the session hall at that time, according to Zubiri.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas it very important that he had to leave the session today and leave us in our work?\u201d he recalled Enrile and Estrada asking that question then.<\/p>\n

The same was true, he said, when he held the same position in the 17th and the 18th Congresses.<\/p>\n

During the 17th and 18th Congresses, Zubiri said, it was former Sen. Franklin Drilon who would always look for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Drilon) would always stand up and look for me and say, where is the Majority Floor Leader?\u00a0\u00a0I miss him! And I would have to rush wherever I have come from\u2026 to be able to come back,\u201d Zubiri said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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