ON a certain level, one would be tempted to say “serves them right” to the four Liberal Party senators at the Senate who had the rug pulled from under their feet on Monday. Senators Franklin Drilon, Francis Pangilinan, Bam Aquino and Risa Hontiveros were, quite without warning, stripped of their leadership positions and committee chairmanships in the chamber.

The fatal blow was delivered by boxing champ-cum-Senator Manny Pacquiao, who is turning out to be one of Malacanang’s most obliging allies in the Senate.

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