MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday dismissed as “malicious and sadistic” rumors linking Sen. Loren Legarda to moves to effect Senate leadership change.
Legarda belongs to the majority bloc led by Senate President Vicente Sotto III.
Lacson said that after efforts to entice Legarda with the Senate presidency failed, those behind the move are "spreading the lie that she volunteered to help them gather support."
"After dangling the Senate presidency to her, they are now floating the falsehood that it was Sen. Loren who volunteered to recruit warm bodies to pave the way for a new Senate majority," he said.
"It is not only malicious. It is sadistic," the Senate president pro tempore wrote on X.
