PASAY CITY—The Senate minority bloc called for the immediate resignation of Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano on June 2, following a second consecutive day of canceled plenary sessions due to a missing majority bloc. 

Senator Migz Zubiri revealed to reporters that approximately 20 minutes into the scheduled 3:00 p.m. hearing, SP Cayetano called Senate Secretary Jose Luis Montales that no senators from the majority will attend the session. 

This marks the second day in a row that majority senators failed to show up, with the initial walkout on June 1 following the voluntary surrender of Senator Jinggoy Estrada to the PNP-CIDG over graft and plunder charges.

Furious over the empty chamber, the minority bloc issued a joint statement slamming the majority's absence as a blatant abandonment of responsibility and a dereliction of duty. 

The opposition senators argued that the country's legislative business cannot grind to a halt simply because its presiding officer refuses to lead. 

They emphasized that the Senate is an institution meant to serve the Filipino people, not the shifting political convenience of its leadership.

The minority bloc further highlighted that Cayetano directly violated Rule XIV, Section 41 of the Rules of the Senate, which dictates that the Senate President may only postpone a session after consulting both the Majority and Minority Leaders—a protocol they state was completely ignored. 

Decrying the incident as a serious disrespect to the institution, the minority senators declared that Cayetano has proven he can no longer function as the leader of the Senate and must step down from his post.