SEVERAL opinion makers have speculated that Sen.  Pia Cayetano, a lawyer, voted in favor of Sen. Grace Poe Llamanzares at the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) to protect the rights of her adopted son. I disagree because her adopted son, unlike Poe Llamanzares, isn’t a foundling. And, as pointed out by her younger brother Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, they know the father of her adopted son, which can’t be said of Mrs. Llamanzares.

In the absence of a published concurring opinion by Sen. Pia  that could explain why she didn’t side with the magistrate-members of SET on this issue, I’ll give my own take: She voted for Llamanzares to propel  the candidacy of her brother Alan for president.

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