Villar 4 votes shy of Senate post - Malaya 06.08.2006
SEN. Manuel Villar is reportedly only four signatures short of formalizing his takeover as the new Senate president this July under the term-sharing agreement with outgoing Senate President Franklin Drilon.
Senate president protempore Juan Flavier yesterday said nine senators have already signed the resolution calling for an orderly transition in the Senate leadership with Villar as Drilon’s successor. He said he signed the resolution two days ago and thinks about 13 or more would ultimately sign.
Villar needs 13 votes to assume the Senate presidency.
Flavier said he saw the names of Senators Joker Arroyo, Ralph Recto, Pia Cayetano, Francis Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, and Alfredo Lim in the resolution.
Villar and Drilon have yet to sign the resolution.
"The pussycats are in the sack," Flavier told reporters. "Their support is already fait accompli."
Sen. Arroyo was mum on the issue, Cayetano confirmed signing, while Lim said he will sign in July.
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, Flavier said, will only sign for Villar if the latter already has 12 names.
Flavier said Villar is wooing Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, son of President Joseph Estrada whom Villar helped impeach in 2001, ("Si Jinggoy ginagapang pa.") while the Senate source claimed Jinggoy and his mother, Sen. Luisa Ejercito, have already signed the resolution.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is expected to vote for minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., just like what she did the last time.
Waiting to be wooed are Sen. Rodolfo Biazon and Sen. Richard Gordon while Sen. Sergio Osmeña III, who is pro-Drilon, remains noncommittal.
Flavier said Villar will find it difficult to recruit more votes from the minority bloc since some members are sympathetic to Drilon for being anti-GMA. Villar, despite hurling intermittent criticisms against President Arroyo, has maintained ties with Malacañang.
Pursuant to the tradition of the Senate, the election of a Senate president must first go through a resolution signed by majority of the senators and later formalized through plenary voting.
Flavier said the transition could take effect between today and tomorrow but his "best guess" is that Villar will wait for the reopening of Congress on July 24 when the President delivers her state of the nation address.– Dennis Gadil
Senate president protempore Juan Flavier yesterday said nine senators have already signed the resolution calling for an orderly transition in the Senate leadership with Villar as Drilon’s successor. He said he signed the resolution two days ago and thinks about 13 or more would ultimately sign.
Villar needs 13 votes to assume the Senate presidency.
Flavier said he saw the names of Senators Joker Arroyo, Ralph Recto, Pia Cayetano, Francis Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, and Alfredo Lim in the resolution.
Villar and Drilon have yet to sign the resolution.
"The pussycats are in the sack," Flavier told reporters. "Their support is already fait accompli."
Sen. Arroyo was mum on the issue, Cayetano confirmed signing, while Lim said he will sign in July.
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile, Flavier said, will only sign for Villar if the latter already has 12 names.
Flavier said Villar is wooing Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, son of President Joseph Estrada whom Villar helped impeach in 2001, ("Si Jinggoy ginagapang pa.") while the Senate source claimed Jinggoy and his mother, Sen. Luisa Ejercito, have already signed the resolution.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago is expected to vote for minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr., just like what she did the last time.
Waiting to be wooed are Sen. Rodolfo Biazon and Sen. Richard Gordon while Sen. Sergio Osmeña III, who is pro-Drilon, remains noncommittal.
Flavier said Villar will find it difficult to recruit more votes from the minority bloc since some members are sympathetic to Drilon for being anti-GMA. Villar, despite hurling intermittent criticisms against President Arroyo, has maintained ties with Malacañang.
Pursuant to the tradition of the Senate, the election of a Senate president must first go through a resolution signed by majority of the senators and later formalized through plenary voting.
Flavier said the transition could take effect between today and tomorrow but his "best guess" is that Villar will wait for the reopening of Congress on July 24 when the President delivers her state of the nation address.– Dennis Gadil
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