### [2026-05-11](/feed/2026/05/11/index.md)

##### 2026 Philippine senate presidential election
# Thirteen Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, ousting Tito Sotto in a surprise move. 




### Sources:

1. [Gulf News](https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/philippines/power-struggle-in-philippine-senate-tito-sotto-ousted-as-cayetano-bloc-seizes-control-1.500536375)
2. [Philippine Daily Inquirer](https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2226585/alan-cayetano-is-now-senate-president/)

### Changes:

1.  Thirteen of twenty-four Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, replacing Tito Sotto in a surprise ouster move.  _2026-05-11 15:34:31 (First version)_
2.  Thirteen Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, ousting Tito Sotto in a surprise ouster move.  _2026-05-13 13:35:02 (Update)_
2. Thirteen Philippine senators vote to install minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano as senate president, ousting Tito Sotto in a surprise move.  _(Current version)_

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