Cayetano Bloc Brings Senate Row to Supreme Court, Seeks Voiding of June 3 Session

Sherwin Gatchalian elected Senate president

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday was formally elected as the new Senate President, settling the two-week leadership row with Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.

Philippine senator Cayetano asks Supreme Court to recognise him as Senate president

Curiously, two senators – Joel Villanueva and Mark Villar – who are supposedly members of the Cayetano bloc, did not sign the petition sent to the High Court on Tuesday

Cayetano bloc brings Senate row to Supreme Court, seeks voiding of June 3 session

The Senate bloc of Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano has asked the Supreme Court to reverse the revamp of Senate leadership under Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

Cayetano bloc challenges Senate change in leadership before Supreme Court

MANILA, Philippines--A faction of 10 senators led by ousted Senate president Alan Peter Cayetano has filed a petition before the Supreme Court seeking to nullify the June 3 leadership change in the Senate, labeling it a "rump session" conducted without the constitutionally required quorum .In an 87-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, the group argued that the session where Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian was installed as Acting Senate Presiden…

Sen Alan Cayetano’s group asks SC to nullify proceedings in June 3 Senate session of Sen Gatchalian’s bloc

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and eight other senators asked the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday, June 16, to declare null and void all the resolutions passed by 12...

Cayetano seeks Supreme Court relief in Senate leadership row with Gatchalian

Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday said he has filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging the legitimacy of the Senate leadership of Sen. Sherwin Ga