"I hope they just talk. One can be the Senate President, the other can be Protempore Senate President, then they can do a swap later on. Let them discuss it [between] themselves, "Zubiri told reporters before noon Tuesday.
" I'm hoping that the sooner they meet, the better, "said Zubiri, who left the Senate after an electoral protest against Pimentel filed his 2007 victory.
Zubiri, who visited the Senate Tuesday, the first time since his proclamation, said the 17th Congress should be "the advent of a new image for the senators, a new image for this Congress."
"We should not be the dividing lines this early. We should be a unified front in the Senate. especially coming from the last Senate, where there were so many controversies, "Zubiri said.
" People chose Duterte because they want change. If the Senate will be business as usual in terms of the bickering, fighting, if we do not come out with good legislation, the people will be angry. They want change, let's give them change, but with a unified front of all the senators, "Zubiri said.
The returning senator earlier signed a resolution supporting Villar's bid for the Senate presidency, believing that it was already discussed among his colleagues, including Pimentel .
"I'm praying and hoping that my two friends will see each other this week because I'm sure he will be at the inauguration of President Duterte and talk about the situation at the Senate so we have a unified front," he said .
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