Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Tuesday slammed rumors linking Senator Loren Legarda to an alleged attempt to topple Senate leadership, calling them “malicious” and “sadistic.”

“After dangling the Senate presidency to her, they are now floating the falsehood that it was Sen. Loren who volunteered to recruit warm bodies to pave the way for a new Senate majority. It is not only malicious. It is sadistic,” Lacson said in a post on X.

After dangling the senate presidency to her, they are now floating the falsehood that it was Sen Loren who volunteered to recruit warm bodies to pave the way for a new senate majority. It is not only malicious. It is sadistic.

— PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) February 3, 2026

Senator Legarda declined to comment when approached by reporters, while Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III confirmed that members of the Minority bloc had offered the Senate presidency to Legarda, which she later informed him about.

Despite the rumors circulating on social media over the weekend, Sotto maintained that the 15-member majority bloc remains solid, dismissing claims of a coup against his leadership.