Vicente "Tito" Sotto
Vicente "Tito" Sotto
Panfilo “Ping” Lacson Sr.
Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC)
Senate President, 17th and 18th Congress (2018-present)
Government Experience
Government Experience
Government Experience
- Chairman, Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse Council
- Presiding Officer, Quezon City Council
- Vice Mayor, Quezon City
- Assistant Majority Floor Leader, Senate 9th and 10th Congress (1992-1998)
- Majority Floor Leader, Commission on Appointments (1998-2002)
- Assistant Minority Floor Leader, Senate 12th Congress (2002)
- Minority Floor Leader, Senate 12th Congress (2002)
- Majority Floor Leader, Senate (2002-2004)
- Chairman, Dangerous Drugs Board, Office of the President (July 2008-November 2009)
- Majority Floor Leader, Senate 15th Congress (July 2010-2013)
- Assistant Minority Leader, Senate 16th Congress (July 2013-2014)
- Minority Leader, Senate 16th Congress (July 2014-August 2015)
- Majority Leader, Senate 16th and 17th Congress (July 2016-May 2018)
- Senate President, 17th and 18th Congress (May 2018-present)
Education
Education
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in English, Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Notable achievements
Notable achievements
Notable achievements
Two-time winner of International Award of Honor, International Narcotics Enforcement Officers Association – USA
Controversies
Controversies
Controversies
Plagiarism issue: Sotto was accused of plagiarizing segments of a 1966 Kennedy speech when he delivered his opposing stance against the RH bill. The lifted portions were translated to Filipino, which he then used in his defense saying, “It was an inspirational message coming from a pastor that was used by Americans and if we use it and translate it to Tagalog, there’s nothing wrong with that. That’s not plagiarism,”
Read more:
The rape and suicide case of Pepsi Paloma:
Read more:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/02/18/sotto-pepsi-paloma-rape-stories-are-fake-news