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Sotto unfazed by possible leadership change in Senate

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February 7, 2026

"Been there, done that."

- By DHEL NAZARIO

This is how Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III responded when asked about the foiled attempt to change the leadership in the Upper Chamber recently.In an interview on Friday, Feb. 6, Sotto said that, having been in the Senate since 1992, he was already used to this scenario as he experienced it multiple times during his tenure.

"I hate to use the term pero 'been there, done that', 1992 pa ako dyan (I've been there since 1992)," he said.

"Noong 1992 to 1998, 9th Congress and 10th Congress, 6 na taon yan. Nakaapat na palitan kami. Sanay ako sa palitan eh (From 1992 to 1998, during the 9th and 10th Congresses, that’s six years. We had four leadership changes. I’m already used to leadership reshuffles)," he added.

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