Responding to reporters’ questions, former Senate president Tito Sotto III says several senators had approached him about being the next Senate president.
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00:00Will the Senate see a leadership shake-up?
00:03Responding to reporters' questions, former Senate President Tito Soto says several senators had approached him about being the next Senate President.
00:10He says,
00:10I'd be lying if I said no. Some people have been talking to me.
00:14Soto reveals, I've been talking to about three or four people. That's it.
00:18And they're saying their peers are ready to support me. I told them, if we have 13, I will accept.
00:24Soto is among five candidates of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s alianza para sa bagong Pilipinas slate poised to win in the Senate race.
00:31Soto served as Senate President from 2018 to 2022.
00:35Senate President Chief Escudero, meanwhile, says he would not cling to the position if other senators have the numbers.
00:41The 20th Congress will open against the backdrop of Vice President Sara Duterte's impeachment trial at the Senate.