VOTING 11-3-3, the Senate blue ribbon committee subpoenaed Executive Secretary (ES) Victor Rodriguez to attend the investigation on the sugar import fiasco after he again failed to attend the resumption of the investigation.

The senators on Tuesday conducted a secret balloting to vote on the motion of Sen. Ana Theresia "Risa" Hontiveros to subpoena Rodriguez to attend the hybrid hearing on the reported questionable importation of 300,000 metric tons of sugar.

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