
EDITORIAL
The Upper Chamber needs an Uppercut
The Philippine Senate does not need to be fixed. It needs to be pressured. From Bato dela Rosa's months-long absence to leadership coups timed around impeachment proceedings, the institution has made visible what structural critics have long argued: the chamber governs not for the Filipino people, but for the elite factions that produced it.
ThePILLARS PublicationJune 01, 2026

