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Exclusive - MUST WATCH: Sen. Trillanes and Sen. Zubiri Almost Had a Fistfight Inside the Senate Session Hall!


At the start of the senate session earlier today, Senator Juan Miguel ‘Migz’ Zubiri expressed his frustration over Sen. AntonioSonnyTrillanes IV for accusing him and Sen. Richard Gordon of white-washing the investigation of the bribery case involving employees of the Bureau of Immigration.

Zubiri clarified the rules of investigation and accused Trillanes of having his own agenda for the agency's reorganization.

Trillanes defended himself and stood by his accusation, even bringing up Zubiri’s involvement in a fraud case in 2007.

The two started grilling each other by recalling cases that were filed against them in the past. Things got more intense when Zubiri said that it was supposed to be Gordon's Senate Blue Ribbon Committee that will investigate the bribery scandal involving Jack Lam.

Trillanes volunteered to take the case as the leader of the Senate Committee on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Conduct.

During their verbal squabble, Trillanes warned Zubiri of a possible war, which absolutely triggered Zubiri. Zubiri went after Trillanes but was seized and by fellow senators Manny Pacquiao and Tito Sotto

The intense scene was caught on camera.



However, fistfights between politicians are not as rare as some might think. Throughout the years, there have been plenty of senate meetings that devolved into brawls from different places around world.

Here's a compilation:

Source: TNP , Inquirer
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