Disgraced ex-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano and his allies should have filed much earlier their petition to the Supreme Court to restore themselves to power, so the high court would have enough time to study and rule on it, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Tuesday.
Lacson said filing the petition on the eve of the special session called by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. smacked of yet another desperate dirty trick by Cayetano to exercise “authority” as Senate President.
“Disgraced ex-SP Cayetano should have done that earlier to give the Court sufficient time to study and rule on the issue now being raised before the Court. Instead, he chose to file it at the last minute or a day before the special session called by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which intended to tackle pending priority measures and the CA to tackle the confirmation of AFP officers and DFA officials, including a formal election of Senate President Pro Tempore and Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian,” he said.
“Is he trying to dig deeper in his bag of dirty tricks to create a scene tomorrow by invoking that pending action by the Supreme Court on his petition, he may still exercise his authority as Senate President?” he added.
In Filipino: Lacson: Dapat Mas Maagang Inihain ni Cayetano at Kaalyado ang Petisyon sa Korte Suprema
Lacson earlier said the majority bloc led by Gatchalian is prepared for dirty tricks that Cayetano may play at the special session of the Senate on Wednesday.
He said the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms may have his hands full in case Cayetano creates more trouble on Wednesday.
“Acting SP Gatchalian and the majority bloc should not and will not allow that. The Senate Sgt-at-Arms may have his arms and hands full tomorrow in case another of a series of crises is again created by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano,” he said.
“That said, it is not accurate to say that Alan Peter Cayetano created this ongoing crisis. In actual fact, he is the crisis,” he added.
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Lacson: Dapat Mas Maagang Inihain ni Cayetano at Kaalyado ang Petisyon sa Korte Suprema
Dapat mas maagang inihain ni disgrasyadong ex-Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano at kaalyado nito ang kanilang petisyon sa Korte Suprema na layong maibalik sila sa kapangyarihan, upang mabigyan ang Kataas-taasang Hukuman ng sapat na panahon para pag-aralan at magpasya rito, ayon kay Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson nitong Martes.
Ayon kay Lacson, ang paghahain ng petisyon sa bisperas ng special session na ipinatawag ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ay tila isa na namang desperadong maruming taktika ni Cayetano upang igiit ang kanyang “kapangyarihan” bilang Senate President.
“Disgraced ex-SP Cayetano should have done that earlier to give the Court sufficient time to study and rule on the issue now being raised before the Court. Instead, he chose to file it at the last minute or a day before the special session called by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., which intended to tackle pending priority measures and the CA to tackle the confirmation of AFP officers and DFA officials, including a formal election of Senate President Pro Tempore and Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian,” aniya.
“Is he trying to dig deeper in his bag of dirty tricks to create a scene tomorrow by invoking that pending action by the Supreme Court on his petition, he may still exercise his authority as Senate President?” dagdag niya.
Nauna nang sinabi ni Lacson na handa ang majority bloc na pinamumunuan ni Gatchalian sa anumang maruruming gimik na maaaring gawin ni Cayetano sa espesyal na sesyon ng Senado sa Miyerkules.
Aniya, maaaring magkaroon ng mabigat na tungkulin ang Senate Sergeant-at-Arms kung muling magdudulot ng kaguluhan si Cayetano sa sesyon.
“Acting SP Gatchalian and the majority bloc should not and will not allow that. The Senate Sgt-at-Arms may have his arms and hands full tomorrow in case another of a series of crises is again created by Senator Alan Peter Cayetano,” aniya.
“That said, it is not accurate to say that Alan Peter Cayetano created this ongoing crisis. In actual fact, he is the crisis,” dagdag niya.
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