5月19日，参议员马克·维拉在全会上当选为参议院财政委员会新任主席，接替参议员谢尔文·加查利安。
5月19日（周二），参议院选举马克·维拉参议员为该院拥有重要权力的财政委员会主席。这使他能够负责国家预算草案的修订和调整工作。
维拉的前任谢尔文·加查利安参议员被任命为副主席。加查利安赞扬了维拉在政府和商业领域的经验，并表示这将有助于委员会顺利运作。
维拉曾在第19届国会担任贸易和银行委员会主席。他也是去年负责敲定2026年国家预算的参议院团队成员之一。
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Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian was elected Senate president on June 17 during a special session, ending a monthlong leadership crisis. Former Senate president Alan Peter Cayetano conceded hours before the vote.
Senator Pia Cayetano was elected chairperson of the Senate blue ribbon committee on May 20, replacing Senator Panfilo Lacson who led the investigation into a multibillion-peso flood control scam.
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A Senate leadership change occurred on June 3 when a quorum of 12 senators enabled the election of Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as acting Senate president.
Sen. Francis Pangilinan is being eyed to head a subcommittee continuing the flood control investigation, Senate Blue Ribbon chairman Sen. Erwin Tulfo said.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Sherwin Gatchalian dismissed Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s power-sharing proposal on Tuesday. He insisted that the June 3 leadership changes were valid and left no room for a dual-authority setup.
Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson has rescheduled his privilege speech detailing the Blue Ribbon committee’s progress report on the flood control scandal. No explanation was provided for the cancellation. Former Ilocos Sur governor Luis “Chavit” Singson questioned the deferment of a Senate inquiry and threatened to take his allegations directly to the public.
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called Congress into a special session starting June 17 to address priority bills and pending appointments amid a Senate leadership dispute.