00:01Senator Mig Zubiri says Opposition Senator Risa Ontiveros will be most welcome to join the Senate Minority Block of the 20th Congress.
00:09This if her allies Senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino decide to join the majority.
00:14Zubiri's statements seem to refer to reports that Aquino and Pangilinan plan to join the Senate majority, aligned with current Senate President Cheese Escudero.
00:33When asked if the planned minority block would be willing to adopt Ontiveros,
00:37Rappler has reached out to Ontiveros but she has yet to respond.
00:52There is talk of incoming Sen. Tito Soto planning to challenge Escudero for the Senate presidency.
00:58However, Zubiri says Soto may not have enough numbers and his block may end up constituting the minority.
01:03Soto ran and won under the Marcus administration ticket in elections last May.
01:09Escudero has been perceived as an opponent of the administration because of the way he's been handling the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte.
