Pimentel announced his decision in a press conference at the Senate following a resolution signed by 15 senators seeking reorganization of the upper chamber and the election of Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto as its new president.
The 15 senators who signed the resolution were Sonny Angara, Nancy Binay, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Francis Escudero, Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard Gordon, Gregorio Honasan, Panfilo Lacson, Loren Legarda, Manny Pacquiao, Grace Poe, Ralph Recto, Joel Villanueva, Cynthia Villar, and Juan Miguel Zubiri.
“It has been an honor and a privilege for me to serve the Senate as its president, a position once held by my father. He served the Senate with dignity always staying true to his principles and consistently putting the interest of the nation before his and it was his example I had tried to emulate during my time at the helm of the Senate,” Pimentel said.
“I will be the one who will nominate Senator Tito Sotto as Senate president,” the outgoing Senate leader said.[]
