Sotto ‘thwarts’ Senate coup; term-share with Legarda on the table

MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said he and his allies “thwarted” an attempt to have him unseated, but that a term-sharing agreement between him and Sen. Loren Legarda was now being explored. Sotto confirmed that there was a plan to install Legarda as the next Senate President before the 20th