Recto will be minority leader —Trillanes

Senator Ralph Recto will be the Senate minority leader, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said Monday.

Trillanes said it was Recto and Senator Francis Escudero who discussed the minority leadership and they just informed him of the decision. He said he agreed.

"Senator Recto will be the minority leader. Nag-usap sila ni Chiz, I was informed kagabi. Agree naman kaming tatlo," he told reporters.

Trillanes said the minority bloc will be a fiscalizer but will not be a hindrance to the legislative agenda of the Duterte administration.

"I believe na kailangan mabantayan yung potensyal na pang-aabuso ng authority so dito lang tayo," he said.

"But it doesn't mean na magiging obstructionist tayo because we will cooperate and pass legislations na sa paniniwala natin ay makakabuti sa taumbayan," he added.

Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, meanwhile, is expected to be elected Senate President by a majority of the senators.

Pimentel said he is expecting a "supermajority" of 19 senators to vote for him. —ALG, GMA News