Political noise, Senate discord played part in PH’s failed UN Security Council bid — Palace

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Thursday said it believed that the political noise, particularly at the Senate, played a part in the Philippines’ failed bid to secure a non-permanent seat in the United Nations (UN) Security Council. The Philippines was not able to secure 2/3 of the majority of the 191 votes and yielded to Kyrgyzstan, 49-142, in the voting that took place last June 3. “All the political noise, all the political tensions affect us. And this is what the entire nation and the entire world sees. This is their impression of the Philippines,”Castro said in Filipino in a Palace briefing. “We’ve become negative because of these noises, most of which are from obstructionists,” she added. The Senate’s “new majority” last Wednesday convened to pave the way for Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian to be elected as the new Senate President pro tempore. The “old majority” led by Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, however, questioned its constitutionality and Cayetano insisted he remained as the rightful leader of the chamber.

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