President Bongbong Marcos tells Senate majority to get back to work amid chamber disarray

Added: 2026-06-03

[00:00:00]A harsh rebuke from President Bong Bong Marcos as the Senate remains in gridlock after the majority refused to show up for two session days. Malakanyang earlier lamented the effects of the Senate drama on priority bills. Ivy Reyes is reporting live from Malakanyang. Ivy, what else did the president say?

[00:00:24]Yes, my for the second time in dismay, President Marcos commenced the events in the upper chamber and has what and has but one direct message for senators of the majority block. Get back to work.

[00:00:35]President Momo Marcus said he cannot think of any description to describe the state or the current state of the Senate, but that it is currently in disarray.

[00:00:45]All these events that we have been witnessing has thrown the the Senate and its leadership into dis the whole Senate into disarray.

[00:00:58]It has discredited the leadership and it will it has stopped the business essential business of legislation in government. Get back to work. get back to work because it's important.

[00:01:19]Following an uplift meeting with his cabinet, Marcus said there are a lot that needs to be addressed by the legislature, such as amending some laws and pushing for a supplemental budget still because of the oil crisis. The president echoed the minority block and saying there are rules to follow when the chamber wants to cancel a session out of a compelling reason. On this note, President Marcus believes that companioning Senator Jingo Estrada during his arrest is not enough reason to cancel a session. With two consecutive sessions canled as of June 2, the president said he does not know how the Senate will work in this condition and that even the House of Representatives is now asking if rules enshrined in the Constitution have changed. If the executive and judiciary continue to work, why did the legislature decide to stop working? This is the president's question. Marcus previously spoke about the developments in the Senate from the coup that installed Senate President Alan Peter Kaitano to send or to senator Bat de la Rosa's exit where he strongly made pronouncements such as the shooting being fake and his sister Senator Amy Marcus' allegation of a no election plot for 2028 a perfect example of corrosive disinformation. Looking at the executive side, President Marcus is saddened over the situation and sees the legislative branch a problem in backing up legislative priorities. My president Marcus said they're examining all options and is looking at the constitution to remedy the situation in the senate. Marcus also stressed that despite this view, the executive is only a co-equal branch of the government and cannot make demands or punish senators for what they're doing at the moment. A word of advice from the president, the senators have to regulate themselves because at the moment they have not been doing much of a job right now. My Ivy, what was the demeanor of the president?

[00:03:01]And if you remember, the palace already warned that the Senate standoff, the effects of the Senate standoff could go beyond um the legislation and it will affect the economy.

[00:03:19]>> The president's message that the senators or the majority senators should get back to work, he was seen shaking his head. And it is worth noting that this is the second time the president's made such as such strong pronouncements about what's happening in the Senate.

[00:03:33]And even before uh the president spoke to us during his state visit to Tokyo, Japan, Malakanyang already reported that the Senate or the president is disappointed over the Senate shooting that happened on May 13. Mai, thank you.

[00:03:46]IB Reyes joining us live from Malakanya.

[00:03:50]Only a change in alliances will break the impass at the Senate. That's according to political analyst professor Freyan Khalilong. In an interview on BNC's at the forefront, Khalilong said there is currently a legislative paralysis at the Senate with a majority not showing up at the plenary for two days in a row. Khalilong also suspects the majority will try to implicate those in the minority in the flood control scandal. Senator Rodante Marcoleta has been designated chairman of the blue ribbon subcommittee that will handle the resumption of the flood control probe legislative paralysis stalemate technically and then yeah while I believe right now because of this but then again we need to look at it from the perspective eventuality.

[00:05:00]Number one, the impeachment, of course, the impeachment trial and of course the resumption of the Senate Blue Reborn Committee hearing on the flood control scandals.