MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Tito Sotto on Sunday said he believes the committee chairmanships in the Senate have been settled. Sotto said Senator Imee Marcos would chair the electoral reforms committee. It has nothing to do with any of the protests that are pending,” Sotto said at the PDP-Laban-organized viewing party for the boxing match of Senator Manny Pacquiao. Sotto added that the education committee will also be divided into two — the commitee on basic education and the committee on higher education and technical vocation. “We have agreed already and also together with the minority leader that we will follow the way the House is handling the issue on education,” Sotto said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2019 03:56 UTC