LP bloc to remain with Senate majority

LIBERAL Party senators on Tuesday agreed to stay with the majority bloc even after the unprecedented ouster of Sen. Leila de Lima as head of the Senate committee on justice and human rights.

In a joint statement issued Tuesday, Senate President Pro-Tempore Franklin Drilon and senators Francis Pangilinan, Paolo Benigno Aquino 4th and Risa Hontiveros said that they recognize the actions of the Senate majority as a political reality, although the issue could have been addressed had there been an opportunity for a dialogue.