Ito ang naging tugon ni Pangulong Ferdinand marcos Jr., sa naging pahayag ni Sen. Rodante Marcoleta na tanging ang Senate presidency ni Alan Peter Cayetano ang tanging walang basbas ng Malakanyang.
“Malacañang doesn’t give a rubber stamp to the Senate president,” ang sinabi ni Pangulong Marcos sa panayam ng Philippine media bago pa bumalik ng Pilipinas mula sa kanyang four-day state visit.
Binigyang diin ng Pangulo na tanging ang mga senador ang nagdedesisyon kung sino ang susunod nilang magiging pangulo.
“Is he implying that I somehow chose the Senate president? I think you can ask any senator. Me, as a former senator, I will laugh in your face because that’s simply not true,” he said.
“You will order the senator to vote for this person? It seems like conversations like those are out of this world,” ang pahayag ni Pangulong Marcos.
Si Cayetano ay iniupong bagong Senate president noong May 11, pinalitan niya si Sen. President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. KRIS JOSE
