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'Artista' bloc behind Zubiri's ouster due to injury dispute
By J.Lo
"We're rules-based," Zubiri said in video, prompting Revilla, who was wearing ankle brace, to literally put his foot down and lament lack of respect: "Bastusan na tayo dito, eh."
Ouster plot against Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri that cost him his Senate presidency has taken unexpected twist all due to action star's foot.
Talk is rife on social media that what triggered senators' discontent at Zubiri's leadership was his refusal to allow virtual attendance for Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., nursing reopened Achilles tendon wound in his foot.
Video of undated session day went viral showing that Zubiri and Revilla talked about latter's request for virtual attendance, only for former to turn it down because foot injury "isn't as bad as coma."
Video started rumors that incident prompted "Artista" bloc composed of Revilla and fellow action stars turned Sens. Lito Lapid, Jinggoy Estrada and Robinhood Padilla to turn against Zubiri and swing numbers for new Senate President Francis Escudero, who got 14 senators on his side.
It was Escudero who defended Revilla's request during May 14 session, later granted by the body against Zubiri's wishes.
Sen. Ronald dela Rosa fanned speculation that this triggered ouster plot.
Dela Rosa denied his "PDEA leaks" investigation triggered Malacañang's discontent with Zubiri, who claimed he was demoted for offending "powers that be."
Dela Rosa pointed instead at Zubiri's stickler-for-the-rules attitude that irked Revilla, who in turn got sympathy of his fellow actor-senators.
"When Senator Migz denied Revilla's request, that triggered 'artista' bloc and caused them to harbor ill feelings against him," Dela Rosa said.
Reducing ouster plot to "petty" cause did not sit well with Zubiri's ally Sen. Nancy Binay, who mocked tale of Revilla's "powerful" twisted foot unseating Senate president.
"It is weird to think that of all conspiracy theories that came out since Senate coup, senator's foot trigger why Senator Migz was booted out of his post… best or worst interest of the nation is just foot away," Binay said.
Binay said Escudero's allies are making Zubiri's ouster worthy of political drama by painting Revilla's foot as "more powerful than the powers-that-be."
"If that is the reason for Senator Migz's ouster, then we can say they have really put their best foot forward…if sore foot can inspire such decisive action, just imagine what fully functioning pair of feet could do," Binay said. "But for now, foot has spoken. Let us all unite behind Sen. Bong Revilla's foot."
Binay vowed that the "Solid 7" or those who opposed Zubiri's ouster would be formidable whether or not it chooses to be minority or independent bloc in the Senate.
"Solid 7 will continue to march forward in 19th Congress…we will stand on two feet, or one foot. Injured or not, rest assured, we will always step up," she said.
On his Viber group with reporters, Revilla merely laughed off puns that poked fun at his foot injury, which is going down in history as powerful political weapon.
"It is one of the triggers, but there are several problems already…let us move on from the issue," Revilla said, vowing to put his best foot forward.
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