Angara wants Senate vote for new leader

TO HEAD OFF POWER VACUUM Angara wants Senate vote for new leader 03/22/2010 The Senate can head off a feared power vacuum if the elections on May 10 fail to proclaim new leaders by electing a new Senate president when the chamber resumes session on May 31, Sen. Edgardo Angara said yesterday. Fears of a military junta takeover had grown after President Arroyo’s deputy spokesman Charito Planas floated such possibility at a Palace press briefing. Planas, however, backtracked, saying yesterday that Arroyo will definitely step down on June 30 and that the junta rumors, which she floated, are all conjectures and wild speculations. The line of succession will practically be empty if the elections fail since leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate are all seeking reelection while Arroyo and Vice President Noli de Castro’s terms will expire on June 30 based on the Constitution.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100322hed1.html

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