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<div><iframe width="1101" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PU0Jo5EFDjE" title="Privilege speech of SP Migz Zubiri on the change of leadership in the Senate" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>MANILA — <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Senate President Migz Zubiri and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva confirmed an upcoming change of leadership in the Senate on Monday. </span> </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s confirmed,&quot; Zubiri said, when asked about the change in Senate leadership. &quot;I did my best, but I leave my head held up high.&quot;  </p><p>In a plenary session later in the afternoon, Zubiri said told his colleagues that he &quot;gave way for each member of the Senate also to be independent and to come to decisions through collaboration rather than direction.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I have never dictated my position on any of you, you know that,&quot; he said. &quot;I&#x27;ve always supported your independence, which is probably why I face my demise today. I failed to follow instructions from the powers that be, as simple as that,&quot; he said, without elaborating. </p><p>&quot;I fought the good fight. If I&#x27;ve ruffled some feathers doing so, so be it. Hindi ko tinaggap ang pagiging pangulo ng Senado para lang hayaang bumagsak ito. Today, I offer my resignation as Senate President.&quot;</p><p>Zubiri said he would &quot;serve as an independent member of the Senate; my allegiance, as ever, belonging only to the Filipino people.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/zubiri-steps-down-as-senate-president-1454">Zubiri steps down as Senate president</a></div><div><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Senators later elected Sen. Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero as their new leader. </span></div><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/20/escudero-takes-helm-of-senate-after-zubiri-resignation-1535">Escudero takes helm of Senate after Zubiri resignation</a></span></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1792451860286283793&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fsort%3Dversioncreated%3Adesc%26item%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Anews-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2024-05-20T07%3A27%3A45.767135%3A0b98ae53-4304-4e9d-a2d1-d1ed9b0df5a7%26action%3Dcorrect&amp;sessionId=f9e3a8c391d180e7046cfcb5a0fb5d55a3cc9c7f&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:497px;height:280px;display:block;flex-grow:1" data-tweet-id="1792451860286283793"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>Earlier in the day, Villaneuva had confirmed that the looming change was the agenda of the May 20 session.</p><p>Villanueva thanked his colleagues in the screenshot of what appears to be a media Viber group of all the senators.  </p><p>&quot;Signing off as your Majority Leader,&quot; he said.</p><p>As majority leader, Villanueva plotted the daily agenda of plenary sessions.</p><p>Before the leadership change, Zubiri led the Senate in approving bills on final reading. </p><p>He was accompanied by Senators Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay and JV Ejercito. Zubiri&#x27;s wife Audrey was also spotted in their company.</p><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Senate President Migz Zubiri and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva confirmed an upcoming change of leadership in the Senate on Monday. </p>

Senate President Migz Zubiri and Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva confirmed an upcoming change of leadership in the Senate on Monday.

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Zubiri, Villanueva confirm 'change of leadership' in Senate

RG Cruz,

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Published May 20, 2024 02:31 PM PHT

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Updated May 20, 2024 05:54 PM PHT

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