🔴LIVE NOW:Sen. Pia Cayetano Questions Risa Hontiveros in Plenary

The minority bloc returned to the Senate floor on Wednesday afternoon, June 17, with Sen. Pia Cayetano visibly irate as she pelted Sen. Risa Hontiveros with terse questions over two health-related bills. The afternoon turnout of the Cayetano-led group came hours after Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian was elected Senate president, replacing Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano — Pia Cayetano's brother — in a morning vote the bloc skipped. Sen. Joel Villanueva, a Cayetano ally, had crossed to the new majority to provide the 13th and decisive vote.Minority members Sens. Pia Cayetano, Loren Legarda, Imee Marcos and Camille Villar attended the 3 p.m. resumption of the special session. Before this, Sens. Legarda, Rodante Marcoleta and Imee Marcos had appeared at the Commission on Appointments hearing during the Senate's midday suspension, with Marcoleta seen mingling with members of the new majority. Asked to comment on the leadership change before the plenary session, Sen. Pia Cayetano told reporters: "There are thirteen, right? Common sense, right? What's in the rules? What's in the Constitution? When you have 13, that's it.If you don't follow the rules, that's where we have a problem. But if you follow the constitution and rules, no problem. That's just how it is," Cayetano said in mixed English and Filipino.Members of the minority told reporters during session that they've accepted the new Senate leader as the Gatchalian group had already clinched the 13 needed to elect him.