'Veteran bloc' to serve as Senate 'conscience' - Sotto

The "veteran" bloc supporting the bid of Sen. Vicente Sotto III for the Senate presidency will serve as the upper chamber's "conscience" so that rules and procedures would be followed in the Senate.

- — Marc Jayson Cayabyab

Sotto yesterday said his close ally Sen. Panfilo Lacson suggested that their bloc be changed from "veteran" to "conscience" bloc, owing to their experience as "seasoned legislators" who "make sure that rules and procedures in the Senate are strictly followed in line with the Constitution."

"We can also make sure that fiscal policy passing through the Senate will be clean and transparent for the benefit of the country and our people," he said.