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Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri pushes for the revitalization of the country’s self-reliant defense posture program and the establishment of a local defense industry that will supply the needs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) during the hearing of Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation at the Senate on August 7, 2023. Joseph B. Vidal, Senate PRIB

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Sherrie Ann Torres

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<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/20230807-senate-zubiri-PRIB-.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri. Joseph B. Vidal, Senate PRIB."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri. <strong><em>Joseph B. Vidal, Senate PRIB.</em></strong><em></em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA -- Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday reported that three more senators have signed the “Statement of Support” for his leadership, making the number of signatories 17.</p><p>They are Senators Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr., Robin Padilla and Jinggoy Estrada.</p><p>Senators Pia and Alan Peter Cayetano and Chiz Escudero are all abroad, he said, while Senators Imee Marcos and Cynthia Villar both talked to him personally and assured their continuous support to his leadership.</p><p>Zubiri clarified that it was the group of Senators Loren Legarda, Sonny Angara, Joel Villanueva, Grace Poe and Nancy Binay who arrived at the idea of issuing a Statement of Support for his leadership.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/3/4/14-senators-express-support-for-zubiri-amid-coup-talks-2020">14 senators express support for Zubiri amid &#x27;coup&#x27; talks</a></div><p>Zubiri said that he signed the Statement of Support to make the number of signatories 14 which is a more comfortable number to underline the stability of his leadership.</p><p>The move is to finally settle the issue.</p><p>Zubiri likewise ruled out a possible committee chairmanship revamp after what happened.</p><p>“There’s no revamp for any committee,” he said.</p><p>Asked if there was pressure from the outside, the Senate leader said: “Marami talagang pressure from outside.”</p><p>“Maybe because of cha-cha (charter change)... I can’t speculate, I don’t want to make a guess... yan po ay kasama sa trabaho natin,” he said.</p><p>Senator Imee Marcos is declaring this early that she is considering a “no” vote on charter change, primarily because of her lack of trust on the House of Representatives.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/17/24/zubiri-to-resign-as-senate-president-if-political-amendments-in-constitution-gets-through">Zubiri to step down as Senate president if political amendments in Constitution gets through</a></div><p>Asked if she is leaning towards casting a “no” vote for chacha, Marcos decalred: “Yes, yes. As we stand.”</p><p>“Dahil hindi lumalabas yung katotohanan. Gusto ko talaga yung totoo. Kasi litaw namanng litaw, sinabi na ng Presidente, mauuna ang Senate ayan na naman. Tapos ayan na naman, sabi na naman, Karapatan daw nilang manguha ng signatures. Ano ba to? pasaway, talaga namang Congress got rogue,” Marcos said.</p><p>“Tapos eto na naman papasok na naman tayo sa recess. Nate-tense na ako pag may recess. Ano na naman ang kababalghan ang mangyayari,” she added.</p><div><strong>DISCONTENTED MEMBERS </strong></div><p>Still, Zubiri admitted that some of his colleagues became discontented with the way he’s leading the chamber.</p><p>“Maybe dahil nga sa stress natin in the last few months about yung charter change, yung PI. Siguro sa stress po natin hindi natin sila (senators) nakakausap kaagad, sa mga concerns nila, dahil nga the institution is under threat,” Zubiri admitted.</p><p>Adding: “But sabi ko, we’ll be doing more consultations every week, we’ll be doing caucuses. Para kung may mga concerns, maaksyunan natin kaagad.”</p><p>Zubiri also confirmed that a number of senators have questioned the sudden inclusion of additional Commission on Elections budget which will reportedly be used for People’s Initiative, as well as on the unnoticed entry of AKAP (Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program).</p><p>“Meron ding nagalit sa amin, bakit nakalusot daw yung AKAP, yung sa plebisito sa Comelec,” he said.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/26/24/romualdez-reaches-out-to-zubiri-amid-charter-change-standoff">READ: Romualdez reaches out to Zubiri amid charter change standoff</a></div><p>As a form of improvement, the Senate’s budget preparation will be more “transparent,” he assured the people.</p><p>“I do not mind presenting it on the floor, my amendments,” he said.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jrRr48jgQjc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday reported that three more senators have signed the “Statement of Support” for his leadership, making the number of signatories 17.</p>

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday reported that three more senators have signed the “Statement of Support” for his leadership, making the number of signatories 17.

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Zubiri secures support from 3 more senators

Sherrie Ann Torres,

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Published Mar 06, 2024 08:48 PM PHT

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