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Former Senate President Tito Sotto and current SP Sen. Chiz Escudero. Senate PRIB/File

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RG Cruz

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<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/1754885548882cropped-Screen Shot 2025-08-11 at 12.11.02 PM.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Former Senate President Tito Sotto and current SP Sen. Chiz Escudero. Senate PRIB/File</span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Senate President Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero on Monday flagged Senate Minority Leader Vicente &quot;Tito&quot; Sotto III for supposedly backing the alleged push for a new Charter change by Speaker Martin Romualdez and the House of Representatives.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/6/senators-voting-on-marcoleta-motion-to-archive-sara-duterte-impeachment-1906">Senate archives Sara Duterte impeachment case</a></div><p>&quot;Easy lang po… Kinampihan na nga po ninyo ang impeachment ng HOR (House of Representatives) at ni Speaker Martin maski sabi ng SC unconstitutional… Ngayon naman po kinakampihan na din nyo ang Cha-Cha (Charter change) ng HOR at ni Speaker Romualdez!?!&quot; Escudero said in post on X (formerly Twitter).</p><p>Escudero also used the hashtags #TheSenateIsNotYourPlayground.</p><p>This was Escudero&#x27;s reaction after Sotto expressed openness to revising the 1987 Constitution should the Supreme Court junk with finality Vice President Sara Duterte&#x27;s impeachment.</p><p>Sought for his reaction, Sotto clarified his remark to reporters.</p><p>&quot;What I said was, if the SC ruling stands as is and the Constitution is amended by merely an SC decision, then I will consider supporting a Constituent Assembly or a Constitutional Convention to rewrite Article XI of the Constitution because the requirements written in the SC decision is impossible to meet,&quot; he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/6/filipinos-loss-if-senate-votes-to-dismiss-vp-sara-impeachment-house-spox-1305"> Filipinos&#x27; &#x27;loss&#x27; if Senate votes to dismiss VP Sara impeachment: House spox</a></div><p>&quot;Wala akong kinakampihan tulad nila. Ang kinakampihan ko ay ang  Constitution,&quot; Sotto added.</p><p>Minority senators Sotto, Bam Aquino, Risa Hontiveros, and Kiko Pangilinan voted against archiving the impeachment case of Duterte, while Sen. Panfilo Lacson abstained.</p><p>Last year, the House and the Senate were also at loggerheads over the matter of the People&#x27;s Initiative, which could have among others, abolished the Senate.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><br/></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/UY0dCPeGfAk?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><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/ui55jn-4K6A?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Sought for reaction, Senate Minority Leader Tito Sotto said "wala akong kinakampihan tulad nila, ang kinakampihan ko ay ang Constitution."</p>

Sought for reaction, Senate Minority Leader Tito Sotto said "wala akong kinakampihan tulad nila, ang kinakampihan ko ay ang Constitution."

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'Senate's not your playground': Escudero calls out Sotto for 'backing' House pursuits

RG Cruz,

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Published Aug 11, 2025 12:26 PM PHT

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