If you want to stay in this game, you have to keep your game face on.
Amid reports confirming that Senator Koko Pimentel had gotten the top spot in the Senate via a 20-3 vote, people wondered why Senator Alan Peter Cayetano was not present when outgoing Senate President Franklin Drilon banged the gavel at 10am, which signaled the opening of the session on Mon, Jul 25.
Only Cayetano was not present during the Senate roll call. Naturally, there were speculations that he was dealing with the loss of the Senate presidency.
Perhaps anticipating such talk, Cayetano posted on his Facebook page a statement entitled “Losing what was never mine.” Its subhead read, “Keeping what’s important to me.”
We are reposting Cayetano’s statement below:
Losing What Was Never Mine
Keeping What’s Important to Me
2 Groups offered me a deal. Taking just 1 of the two offers would have made me Senate President.
Yet somehow I was never tempted to take the deal because On May 7 2016, in Luneta, on Our Historic Miting De Avance, I Made A Commitment.
A commitment to help and protect our President. Our GOD Given “Reset Button”, who would Initiate Revolutionary Change In our Country and Liberate us from Illegal Drugs, Crime and Corruption/Incompetence/ Apathy in Government!
I thought long and hard about it and I asked myself, how could a deal that made me S.P but put the President and his agenda in jeopardy, be one that helps or protects him?
I asked myself this question since I promised myself I will only get it if I can help and protect the President and his agenda, otherwise I’ll be inutil, powerful yet powerless.
I’ve always believed that the Senate is The Senate Of The People. I now ask us all to pray to GOD To Bless The Senate and make it an instrument of change and not a tool for status quo. I pray for Sen Koko and all the Senators that we may fulfill the people’s mandate for change so decisively placed on the shoulders of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
I’ve always believed that despite all the evil in the world and covetousness in man’s heart….we are all capable of changing and serving GOD and our beloved country.
Today, Mr. President one of my dreams passed me by, I’m not Senate President, Yet I’m excited to hear your SONA and be a part of the amazing change! This is our dream! Dream of all Filipinos! And this is more important!
Many many people are now ready to sacrifice their dreams for a greater dream of…a safe, peaceful and prosperous Philippines for all Filipinos!
GOD Bless You Mr. President!
GOD Bless The Phillipines!
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