Senator Imee Marcos will be replaced as chairperson of the Senate Foreign Relations committee, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo "Ping" Lacson confirmed Thursday. Lacson said Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri may have informed Marcos already about the chairmanship change, which may take place next week. Asked regarding the possible change, Lacson said, “For obvious reasons, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, like the Blue Ribbon, etc. The name of Senator Erwin Tulfo is among those being floated to be the next chairman of the foreign relations committee. Sotto said this after the Senate majority bloc held a caucus on the day the Senate resumed session after a month-long legislative break.