MANILA, Philippines — Senators from the minority bloc are assured of getting committee chairmanships as the chamber undergoes reorganization for the 18th Congress, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said yesterday. Sotto said he intended to meet with Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon in the coming days to discuss which committees the opposition bloc could chair even as he stressed that he does not dictate what will be assigned to each senator. Sotto agreed with the observation that minority senators have done a good job in chairing their committees. He said it is possible that some majority bloc senators might agree to “swap” committees with their colleagues in the minority. Drilon said on Friday that members of the opposition bloc must not be stripped of their committees as new senators lobby for posts in the chamber.

Source: Philippine Star June 09, 2019 16:00 UTC