With 18 votes, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Teofisto Guingona Jr.[b][3][4] Senators Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Juan Ponce Enrile, and John Henry Osmeña voted in the affirmative, although with reservations, pending the Supreme Court’s ruling on the legitimacy of Arroyo’s presidency. Senators Tessie Aquino-Oreta and Robert Barbers were noted to be absent during the vote.[1] Little is also known about the proceedings in the House of Representatives, although Maguindanao's first district representative Didagen Dilangalen expressed dissent, stating he would block the confirmation as he considered Arroyo an acting president, and that there is no vacancy in the vice presidency.[3][2]
Despite this, the Senate confirmed Guingona’s nomination through Resolution No. 82, while the House approved it through Resolution No. 178. Guingona took his oath of office on February 9, 2001, as the eleventh vice president of the Philippines.
↑ No record of the breakdown of votes by the House of Representatives was published publicly. The numbers represent the majority of the members of the House during the 11th Congress.
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