Manila, June 17 -- The Senate on Wednesday reconstituted key committees and elected members to constitutional bodies during its special session, after Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian was formally elected Senate President.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said some committee chairpersons had been elected on June 3, but the chamber still needed to complete committee chairships and memberships to allow pending legislative work to proceed.

The Senate first constituted the Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, or the Blue Ribbon Committee, with 17 regular members and three ex-officio members, reflecting an 11-9 majority-minority ratio.

Sen. Erwin Tulfo was named Blue Ribbon chairperson, while Senators Francis ...