Philippine Senate Minority Leader urges gov’t officials to resign, pushes for snap elections


MANILA: Senate Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano (pic) suggested a snap election for elected officials in the executive and legislative branches amid the political maelstrom caused by allegations of massive corruption in government.

In a Facebook post on Sunday (Oct 5), Cayetano said: “What if we all just resign and allow a snap election from the president, vice president, senate and congress, with one important addition – no incumbent from the above can run for one election cycle.”

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