The Manila Times

RAGE Coalition declares support for Cayetano

MANILA, Philippines — The Reform Alliance for Good Governance and Accountability (RAGE) Coalition on Sunday declared support for Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as it denounced what it said was an "unconstitutional assault on the Senate.” Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian serves as the acting Senate president after senators voted to declare posts vacant and elected him Senate president pro tempore. They also elected committee chairmen. "The Rage Coalition declares its full, absolute support for Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano,” the coalition said in a statement. It said that the Senate majority bloc "ignored the strict constitutional requirement of a true quorum and the mandatory 13 affirmative votes of the entire Senate membership required to change officers. This was an illegal maneuver executed solely to seize the Blue Ribbon Committee and control the narrative." The statement was signed by RAGE convenors Mayor Sebastian Duterte, Michael Defensor and Pantaleon Alvarez.