Escudero was voted to replace Zubiri by 15 of the 24-man Senate. But three of the five NPC Senators did not even vote for Escudero and stayed with Zubiri.
The alliance of the ruling Partido Federal ng Pilipinas with the Nationalist People’s Coalition , the party founded by the late Tarlac Rep. Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr., is only a formalization of the standing ties with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. . NPC chairman, erstwhile Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III underscored in our weekly Kapihan sa Manila Bay news forum last Wednesday.
Sotto disclosed the NPC leadership received an invitation last month from PFP president Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. for a sitdown meeting to discuss a possible “alliance” with NPC. PFP national deputy director-general John Ortiz Teope confirmed that it was upon the instructions of PBBM to the PFP secretary-general Tom Lantion “to strengthen” the party through alliances with other political parties.
The PFP, Lakas-CMD, Hugpong ng Pagbabago of Vice President Sara Duterte, the Partido ng Masang Pilipino of former president Joseph Estrada and guest candidates from different political parties constituted the UniTeam Alliance during the 2022 national elections. The tandem of Marcos/Duterte won the polls by a landslide.
Currently, from among the present five NPC Senators, one might get a crack at the next presidential race in May 2028. The five are, namely, Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero, JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Loren Legarda and Lito Lapid. Just last Monday, Escudero was installed as Senate president in a Senate coup he admitted having initiated against Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri.
Sought for his comment about this viral photo, Escudero replied to my query: “Hahaha…That’s youthful folly lang po .”
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