Kiko, Bam joining Senate majority? Drilon says the 2 senators still pursuing same advocacies

Manila Bulletin

Former senate president Franklin Drilon defended Senators Kiko Pangilinan and Bam Aquino for reportedly joining the Senate majority bloc, saying that the move doesn’t mean they are no longer part of the opposition.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/10/kiko-bam-joining-senate-majority-drilon-says-the-2-senators-still-pursuing-same-advocacies  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00former senate president franklin drilon has defended senators kiko pangilinan and bam

00:09aquino for reportedly joining the senate majority bloc saying that the move doesn't

00:13mean they are no longer part of the opposition in an interview the former senator and loyal

00:20liberal party member insisted that pangilinan and aquino did not switch directions and are

00:25still pursuing the same advocacies they pushed for during the 2025 senatorial campaign

00:31drilon explained that the senator's advocacies are precisely what they are pursuing by getting

00:37into the majority bloc to head the committees on which they stood as an issue when they were

00:42campaigning his remarks came amid reports that the senators who made surprise but decisive comeback

00:49victories in the 2025 national elections are slated to join the majority bloc when congress

00:55opens on july 28. pangilinan is expected to head the committee on agriculture

01:01while aquino will take over the committee on education

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