MANILA, Philippines—The opposition coalition on Saturday rallied behind Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, saying that the controversy surrounding his selective cash-giving spree to colleagues in the upper chamber last Christmas was a political move intended to discredit him. The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) backed Enrile, a member of its executive committee, after the senator was exposed for giving out P1.6 million each to 18 senators. "There are certain parties who will use this supposed controversy to advance their own agenda of instigating a leadership change in the Senate. Such a move would be ill-advised and politically provocative," UNA sa...
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