MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – “We will fight till the last one of us remains standing!”

With these words, a group of five senators belonging to the Minority Bloc announced the formation of a new coalition aimed at opposing every proposal and every move of their pro-Duterte colleagues.

Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and his fellow minority bloc members Senators Antonio Trillanes IV, Kiko Pangilinan, Risa Hontiveros, Bam Aquino formed the new group which they are calling the Voltes V.

“We chose the name because it represents the superpower of a small but determined group of individuals committed to fight injustice, bullying and other political as well as social ills,” Senator Hontiveros said.

The group hopes to recruit mostly young people — especially the students of U.P. — to help them in their opposition to Duterte and his allies in Congress.

The group said that it still needs to contact incarcerated Senator Leila de Lima to determine whether she wants to join the new coalition.

“If she does, we’ll rename the group to Voltes V+1,” Hontiveros said.

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Vice President Leni Robredo has been ousted as titular head of her own Liberal Party after she publicly expressed support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao.

The ouster resolution was signed by the top leaders of the party. It happened at around 2pm today while Robredo was reportedly taking a nap at her office in Quezon City.

Signers of the resolution included Chairman Emeritus – Former President Benigno Aquino; Chairman – Senator Franklin Drilon; Vice Chair – Representative Feliciano Belmonte, Jr.; President – Senator Francis Pangilinan; Vice President for Policy -Representative Henedina R. Abad; Treasurer- Governor Alfonso Umali, Jr. (Oriental Mindoro); Secretary-General – Representative Josephine Ramirez-Sato (Occidental Mindoro).

“By supporting Duterte’s declaration of Martial Law, Robredo contradicted the position of the Liberal Party 🎉 .  It makes us stupid and fragmented in the eyes of the Filipino people,” the resolution said. “We cannot continue to keep a balimbing (turncoat) in our ranks.”

Moral of the story: Never take a nap during office hours.