🔴LIVE NOW:Situation in Senate 18 Marines Flood Control Testimony Marcoleta & Cayetano Hearing

Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano insisted that the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee's scheduled hearing on the flood control scandal on June 4 will push through, despite an announcement by newly elected committee chairperson Senator Erwin Tulfo that the inquiry had been moved to June 8.Let's all reflect on this and pray. But tomorrow, the Blue Ribbon Committee hearing will push through.The inquiry is set to hear testimony from the 18 supposed former Marines, who claim they helped transport suitcases containing alleged kickbacks intended for administration allies.Cayetano maintained that he remains the legitimate leader of the Senate amid an ongoing leadership dispute within the chamber.I am still the legitimate, legal, moral Senate President of the Republic of the Philippines," he said. "There is still functioning committees. We have to hear the testimonies.Cayetano also issued a memorandum directing Senate officials and personnel that the June 4 hearing of the Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, commonly known as the Blue Ribbon Committee, would proceed as originally scheduled.The Senate President argued that the recent reorganization of the Senate leadership and committee assignments was intended to halt the ongoing investigation into the alleged flood control anomalies. According to Cayetano, the changes were not meant to improve legislative operations or resolve the chamber's recent deadlock but were designed to prevent the continuation of Blue Ribbon Committee hearings.He further claimed that the election of a new Senate President Pro Tempore during Wednesday's session was invalid, arguing that only 12 senators were present and that the number did not constitute a quorum.