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All 24 senators pose for photos during the opening of the 19th Congress on Monday, July 25. Photos by Angie de Silva/Rappler

Apart from the COVID-19 pandemic, Zubiri names the pressing problems of the country today: “Food, fuel, fiscal, and the fading faith of the people in our institutions”Zubiri: This Senate under my leadership, however, will be one to solve problems more than it would find faults. While probes are magnets for publicity… it is the policy, laws patiently written line by line, away from the limelight, that drives progress.Zubiri: “We must uphold the Senate’s proud tradition of being independent.

The Marcos ally has formed a supermajority coalition in the upper chamber traditionally known to be more independent than the House. But Zubiri says he won’t use it to railroad Marcos’ pet bills.Zubiri on pet bills Marcos to announce later: Let us view them in the proper context – that this is not a presidential wish list he crafted on his own, but rather, a President articulating what the people want. So let us respond to what the people want urgently.

Poe also nominates Legarda for Senate president pro-tempore. “It is an understatement to say that Senator Legarda is an authority in legislation,” says Poe, who describes Legarda as a mentor figure to her.Poe recalls that Legarda was the running mate of her late father, Fernando Poe Jr., when the latter ran but lost for president.Dela Rosa joins the other senators in nominating Legarda for Senate president pro-tempore.

 

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