The camp of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano is now pushing for a possible interim administrative arrangements with the new Senate majority group led by Acting Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian.

This proposal was raised in a letter by Jose Luis Montales, who was Senate secretary under Cayetano’s leadership, to Senate secretary Renato Bantug, Jr. who was reinstalled last Wednesday, June 3, when Gatchalian was declared the acting Senate President.

Cayetano’s bloc has since refused to recognize the authority of the new majority group, insisting that the June 3 session was illegal and constitute serious violations of the Constitution and the Senate rules.

One possible arrangement Cayetano’s camp is pushing is the adoption of a “dual-signatory or joint certification mechanism for vouchers, checks, disbursements, contracts, personnel actions, and other documents necessary for the continued operations of the Senate and the Impeachment Court.”

“Under such an arrangement, documents requiring approval or certification may, where practicable, bear the signatures of the officials presently exercising relevant functions and those asserting authority to perform the same functions,” Montales said, quoting Cayetano.

“The objective of such a mechanism is not to confer, concede, recognize or validate authority in any person, but rather to ensure continuity of operations, protect Senate personnel from conflicting directives, preserve public funds and institutional processes, and enable the Senate and the Impeachment Court to function while the controversy remains unresolved,” he further said.

Montales also reminded that the Impeachment Court is scheduled to issue the Pre-Trial Conference Order on June 9, 2026, as set by Cayetano, who was then the Senate president. 

Last May 18, the Senate convened as an impeachment court, exactly a week after 13 senators, including Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, who has been absent since November 2025, elected Cayetano as the Senate president, replacing Sen. Vicente “Tito” Sotto III. 

“There are, likewise, pending matters requiring action on which action has thus far been deferred in the hope that an opportunity for discussion and accommodation may first be had,” Montales said.

Last week, Gatchalian said, that as acting Senate president, he will also be the presiding officer of the Senate impeachment court.