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Tito Sotto out as Senate President, Alan Cayetano in

Voting 13-10, senators voted for a change of leadership ahead of the possible transmittal of the Articles of Impeachment against VP Sara Duterte.

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was elected as the new Senate President replacing Vicente "Tito" Sotto III.

Those who voted to oust Sotto were:

  • Cayetano
  • Pia Cayetano
  • Chiz Escudero
  • Joel Villanueva
  • Imee Marcos
  • Rodante Marcoleta
  • Robin Padilla
  • Bong Go
  • Bato Dela Rosa
  • Joel Villanueva
  • Loren Legarda
  • Mark VIllar
  • Camille Villar

Meanwhile, Sotto, Senators Ping Lacson, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino, Raffy Tulfo, Erwin Tulfo, Sherwin Gatchalian, and Lito Lapid voted for Sotto.

Senators Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri and JV Ejercito, meanwhile, abstained.—Sundy Locus/AOL, GMA News