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Sotto-led Senate bares new CA members, committee chairs
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan has been appointed to two additional key positions within the Senate as part of the ongoing reorganization.
Pangilinan, who already chairs the committee on agriculture, will now also head the committee on justice, taking over from Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.
Furthermore, Pangilinan has been elected as the Senate's representative to the Judicial and Bar Council.
In other changes, neophyte Senator Camille Villar will now chair the committee on economic affairs, replacing Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri.
Senator Lito Lapid has been assigned to lead the committee on cooperatives, a role previously held by Senator Imee Marcos.
The Senate also elected its 12-member contingent to the Commission on Appointments, comprising seven from the majority bloc and five from the minority group.
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