SEN. Juan Miguel Zubiri said Senate President Aquilino Pimentel 3rd cannot compel his colleagues to accept what he and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez agreed upon in connection with Congress’ move to amend the charter. Zubiri said the other senators have yet to talk to Pimentel about the outcome of their meeting with the House leaders. Zubiri last week sought a “legislative summit” to allow the Senate and the House of Representatives (HoR) to iron out their differences on Charter change. “But I wished that during the meeting, with all due respect to my other colleagues, they brought along the minority leader (Franklin Drilon) and some key leaders (of the Senate),” Zubiri said. He wants to know if there is a need for Cha-cha,” he added.

Source: Manila Times January 28, 2018 16:41 UTC