'Gaslighting': Analyst dissects Cayetano's challenge to minority, majority's no-show | ANC

Dateline Philippines: UP Department of Political Science Prof. Aries Arugay on Tuesday (June 2) criticized the ongoing turmoil in the Senate after majority senators failed to show up for Monday’s session, leaving the minority bloc waiting in the session hall. Arugay also described Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano’s challenge for the minority to boycott Senate proceedings as “gaslighting,” which seemed to imply that the independence of the Senate now falls under the responsibility of the minority. "Is he talking about Malacanang, the Ombudsman, for whom the Senate should be independent? Because if you ask me, they cannot be totally independent, because what power they have is borrowed from the voters, from the electorate," he said. "If they will continue to behave as what they see fit, then it's really a violation of the fiduciary trust given to them by the voters, for them to work, for them to fulfill the functions that they took an oath in fulfilling," he added. Subscribe to iWant to watch ANC live and on-demand: https://www.iwanttfc.com For more ANC Interviews, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm34qRgqWBU7xKLMmMuJiQANZkV2vwZ15 For more Dateline Philippines videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm34qRgqWBU590wq8DXaIQqemfYAW-oLd For more ANC Highlights videos, click the link below: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm34qRgqWBU4DBaX8LYXOh13nXllfot7g Subscribe to the ANC YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/ANCalerts Visit our website at https://news.abs-cbn.com/anc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ancalerts Twitter: https://twitter.com/ancalerts #ANCNews #ANCHighlights #DatelinePhilippine #ABSCBNNews #LatestNews #ANC #ANCAlerts #ANCHighlights #SenatePH #Politics #AllanPeterCayetano