‘You Were Shouting At Us’: Cayetano Blasts Kiko Pangilinan During Heated Senate Session

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Objection.

[00:00:00]>> If there's an objection, then we vote.

[00:00:02]So, may we proceed with the vote, Madame President? Mr. President, I was earlier uh it was the manifestation of the presiding officer uh the Madame Chairperson that after Senator Lakon I be allowed to speak. Mr. President, are we now curtailing my right to speak? Mr. President, >> Madame Chair, >> we are not able to ask questions as to why we are amending the rules. We are not able to ask questions as to who they wish who will benefit from the amendment to the rules. Is this rule Mr. President? Is this rule Mr. President uh for Senator Bau who is not here? We would like to raise these valid questions. Mr. President, before we go into a vote, Madam President, we should not be >> How can the presiding officer recognize Senator Pangilinan? Uh uh please know that I would never curtail your right to speak just as in 2004 I believe you were seated and I was a vice presidential candidate of FPJ then and my microphone was closed and my right to speak was closed was not given. I remember that time now and the word noted was said to me that will not happen now.

[00:01:22]I will not do that to you and I'm not curtailing your right to speak Senator Pangalinan except that you were speaking at the same time and I was about to recognize you because Senator Lakon had the floor.

[00:01:36]Thank you, Madame President, for >> So, I just wanted to be clear on record because I >> recognize you're being emotional, but it will go on Senate record that the presiding officer was curtailing your right to speak. I would never do that and I would not do what I experienced in 2004 in the House of Representatives in the canvasing of the votes. Then, >> Mr. President, thank you, >> Madame President. Uh, with with due respect, Mr. President, I was not referring to the presiding officer.

[00:02:06]>> Yeah, I'm yielding the floor to Senator Pangalina.

[00:02:09]>> Yes. Uh thank you, Senator Lakon. We recognize Senator Francis Pangalina.

[00:02:12]>> Yes, Mr. President. Uh and I I allow me to clarify, Mr. P. Madame President, uh I was not referring to the presiding officer in terms of the curtailing of my uh of my uh uh right to speak and to raise questions, Mr. president because it was the Senate President who was uh uh moving to uh uh divide the house Mr. President without sufficient debates.

[00:02:38]Mr. President, this is the first time I'm going to experience this in a long time wherein debates are now being curtailed because there is a motion to >> be curtailed. We would like to hear your objection to the motion. Thank you, >> Mr. President. Uh there are a lot of questions that have to be raised as to why this this uh uh amendment to the rules is being undertaken at this time. President provides Mr. President that when we amend our rules, we do so by way of resolution.

[00:03:12]We do not have that resolution now. In fact, Mr. President, the total 48 amendments of our rules all went through resolutions. This is the first time after 48 amendments, Mr. President, that we do not have a resolution so that we can >> of order, Madame Chair, >> and amend the rules properly, Mr. President.

[00:03:32]>> Point of order.

[00:03:35]I point of order takes President Point of T's.

[00:03:39]>> First of all, I I hope we learned our lesson. Senator Pangalinan already apologized to Senator Padilia. Then now you're shouting at us.

[00:03:48]No. Uh, no. The record will show you. You were shouting at Now, what's my point of order? We are not discussing the merits yet of the amendment. No one's curtailing your rights because floor and the arguments have already been uh laid out and Senator Pangalinan and I were together in 2009 where we had debates here where Senator Enrile did not even allow amendments and then we voted. It depends on every issue. Madame Chair, there's no specific rule of the amount of time. I was asking the gentleman about certain issues in one resolution. He refused now for further interpolation and said it's time to vote. They were the majority. So, Madame Chair, we're here. We're willing.

[00:04:59]Senator Marlet is ready to take questions.

[00:05:05]Whether or not we can take uh whether or not the the proposal to amend the rules is in order specific amendments benefit benefit etc. We support the right of senator pangil to ask question.

[00:05:24]So uh again may I raise the previous question madame chair the the point of order the parliamentary go ahead given the