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Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate President after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News

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RG Cruz

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17787461697271778746166530.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano takes his oath as Senate president after 13 senators voted to elect a new leader, replacing Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Monday, May 11. Angie de Silva, ABS-CBN News </div>MANILA — Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday confirmed there is an active threat to his days-old leadership, saying members of the minority bloc are trying to get his supporters to switch sides.He also said that he is trying to unite the Senate after a gunfire incident on Wednesday night, which he called an unprecedented attack on the chamber.&quot;I&#x27;d like to consult them (Minority) but I&#x27;ll only see them on Monday. Medyo busy sila ngayon na tinatry kausapin yung mga member namin na sumali ulit sa kanila eh.&quot;(They are a little busy talking to members of the majority to join them)He added those moves are expected and it would be even more surprising if the minority bloc — replaced in the Senate majority last Monday — did not try to regain control of the Senate.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/14/bato-has-left-senate-premises-1107">Cayetano: Bato no longer at Senate </a></div>&quot;Again, I&#x27;m trying to get a united Senate. Unprecedented yung attack against the Senate,&quot; he said, referring also to an incident last Monday where supposed National Bureau of Investigation agents tried to keep Sen. Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa from entering the session hall.Dela Rosa had been missing from Senate sessions since last November amid talk that the International Criminal Court had issued a warrant for his arrest related to his role in the Duterte administration&#x27;s war on drugs.The ICC this week confirmed that it had issued the warrant for Dela Rosa, who has been named a &quot;co-perpetrator&quot; in the crimes against humanity case that former President Rodrigo Duterte is facing at The Hague in the Netherlands.&quot;So I&#x27;m trying to unite the Senate — senators, our people, by just simply following the law, the Constitution, our rules, and what is right, &#x27;di ba?&quot; Cayetano said, Thursday.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2026/5/13/cayetano-says-senate-allegedly-under-attack-tells-personnel-to-follow-protocols-2056">Cayetano says Senate &#x27;allegedly under attack,&#x27; tells personnel to follow protocols </a></div>On Monday, Cayetano and 12 other senators ousted Sen. Vicente Sotto III from the Senate presidency.Sens. Miguel Zubiri and JV Ejercito abstained, leaving Sotto with himself, Sens. Panfilo Lacson, Bam Aquino, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Erwin and Raffy Tulfo, Sherwin Gatchalian and Lito Lapid.

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday confirmed there is an active threat to his days-old leadership, saying members of the minority bloc are trying to get his supporters to switch sides.

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday confirmed there is an active threat to his days-old leadership, saying members of the minority bloc are trying to get his supporters to switch sides.

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Cayetano says Senate minority trying to grow numbers

RG Cruz,

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Published May 14, 2026 04:17 PM PHT

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