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'Consensus builder' Zubiri elected as Senate President

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo of Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri last Nov. 16, 2021. Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB handout/File " src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/07/25/zubiri.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo of Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri last Nov. 16, 2021.<em> Joseph Vidal, Senate PRIB handout/File </em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Senators on Monday elected Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri as the 19th Congress&#x27; Senate President, with 19 out of 24 senators voting in his favor. </p><p>Sen. Joel Villanueva took the podium to nominate Zubiri as Senate President, saying he is the &quot;most qualified and most eligible among us to lead the Senate.&quot;</p><p>&quot;The trabahador ng Senado is now ripe for senate presidency... We witnessed how he transformed from an athletic heartthrob into a statesman,&quot; Villanueva said.</p><p>Senators Loren Legarda, Grace Poe, Ronald dela Rosa, JV Ejercito, and Jinggoy Estrada also nominated Zubiri as Senate President.</p><p>&quot;Siya ang tunay na trabahador ng Senado,&quot; Legarda said. </p><p>(He is a true worker of the Senate)</p><p>&quot;Congress deserves a hardworking public servant... That is exactly the dedication we need to bounce back from the pandemic,&quot; Poe said. </p><p>Senators described Zubiri as &quot;charming&quot; and a &quot;consensus builder,&quot; which he demonstrated during his stint as majority floor leader in the previous Congress.</p><p>&quot;Sa sobrang charming, kahit si [former] minority leader Franklin Drilon bumoboto sa majority,&quot; Poe said. </p><p>(He is so charming that even former minority leader Franklin Drilon votes with the majority.) </p><p>Zubiri ran under the slate of President Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos, Jr. in the May elections. </p><p>The new Senate President earlier promised to build a &quot;supermajority&quot; in the Senate in order to fast-track the legislative agenda of Marcos. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/01/22/zubiri-on-senate-supermajority-push-di-ito-para-mag-railroad">Zubiri defends push for Senate &#x27;supermajority&#x27;: &#x27;Di ito para mag-railroad&#x27;</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jIBVt0vYa4c?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

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'Consensus builder' Zubiri elected as Senate President

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published July 25, 2022 10:57 AM PHT

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Updated July 25, 2022 11:10 AM PHT

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