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Cynthia Villar: No changes in Senate leadership

Published Jul 21, 2023 07:19 am


As far as Senator Cynthia A. Villar is concerned, she has not heard of any possible changes in the current Senate leadership. "Maliban na lang kung hindi ko narinig I haven’t heard of any except there is one that I don’t know of. Mahirap ang change of leadership..sayang ang panahon, maraming babaguhin (Change of leadership is a waste of time, there will be many things to change),’’ Villar said in an ambush interview in Las Piñas City. Asked if she is satisfied with the style of leadership of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri,  Villar replied: "Ako ay isang tao na hindi nagrereklamo (I am one person who does not complain). Baka yung ibang senador, sila ang tanungin niyo.. baka may reklamo sila  (Other senators may have…ask them..they may have complaints.’’ The opening of the Second Regular session of the19th Congress on Monday, July 24, usually triggers speculations of leadership change at the Senate. Zubiri is expected to preside over the ceremonial opening of the Senate.  In the afternoon, senators will go to the House of Representatives in Quezon City to hear President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr., deliver this second State of the Nation Address (SONA). Asked during a TV interview by Malou Mangahas whether he would later seek the Vice Presidency or the Presidency after his last term in the Senate, Zubiri replied: "Wala mam (none, maam)," "Alam mo napapagod na rin ako dahil ako po ay pumasok sa pulitika batang-bata pa po ako noon I entered politics when I was younger then). I was 28 years. It is now 2023. When I graduate in 2028, I would have been 30 years in political life. It’s time to move on, although bata pa ako noon, I will only be 59,’’ he said. Zubiri ran and won in the May 2022 national elections under the UniTeam of then former Senator Marcos and former Davao city Mayor Sara Duterte. The tenure of senators is one six-year term. He could run for his last second six-year term. He said his Spanish features do not  register with the "masa" or common people. His grandfather is a Basque. ’’Ang akin lang po, legasiya (All I am interested in is legacy). If I can just pass the legislated wage hike, as a policy and as a stand of the Senate, and we can increase, because of that, maitataas po natin ang sweldo ng ating mga kababayan at hindi na po nila kailangan pang mag-abroad (we can raise the wages of our countrymen and there would be no need for them to find work abroad)," he said.  ‘’Happy na ako niyan. I am happy with that. It’s time to move on,’’ he said. Zubiri said he would go back to his being a farmer. He is an agriculturist.



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