The Senate adjourned its session Friday without addressing any leadership changes.
Less than 10 minutes after it convened at 10 a.m., the chamber immediately adjourned. Only Senate President Vicente Sotto III, Senate Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito, and Sen. Robinhood Padilla were present when the chamber recessed for the Undas break.
During the brief plenary, the chamber only read a letter from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that it would not adjourn its session to allow the approval of the 2026 budget on second and third reading.
The lower chamber is set to adjourn its session Monday, October 13.
Meanwhile, no discussions on a leadership change were raised during the session. Earlier, rumors of an alleged move to unseat Sotto circulated in the Senate, but the Senate chief himself denied them.
Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano, who was rumored to replace Sotto, also denied plotting an ouster against the incumbent Senate President.
Cayetano said the speculation about a possible leadership change might have originated from supporters of both the majority and minority blocs./mcm/abc