THE PHILIPPINE STAR

TUESDAY I MAY 21,2019 |

New senators back

Sotto leadershiP
By PAoLO ROMERO

Senate Pre si dent

Vicente Sotto III is ex-
pected to retain his Post
iespite the eltrY of new
senatorsin the comlng
lSth Congress.
SenateMaioritY I-ead-
er Juan Miguel Zubiri
said it has been agreed
during preliminarY and
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I tary Alfonso Cusi and PamPanga

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Pacquiao hosted a dinner in
Reir. Aurelio Gonzales Jr', PDP-
Laban vice chairman and dePutY
informal meetings that there will Makati for his partymates in the
. campaign manager, respectivelY.
I The new senators pledged suP-
I be a status quo in ihe chambel at PDP-Laban including Sen. Aq-
least as far ai the top leadership is uilino Pimentel III and electqd
port for S0tto during ihe meeting.
senators Christopher Go, for- Recto said he sees all 20 maior-
concemed,
This means that Sotto, Zubin mer Bureau of Coirections chie{ ity senators voting for Sotto
Zrrbiri also disclosed the initial
and Senate President Pro TemPorc Ronald dela Rosa and former
Ralch Recto will remain at their political affairs adviser Francis lineup in the reorganization .of
posis in the new Congress, which Tolentino. committees as several will be left
Also present were PresumP- vacant with some senators ending
opens in July.
"It's only the committees that tive senator-elect Bong Revilla |r., their terms or having lost their
need to bg iliscussed," Zubiri told Sotto, Zubiri, Recto, Energy Secre- bids for reelection

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