(UPDATE) OUSTED Senate president Juan Miguel Zubiri and his allies formed the "Magic 7" bloc "to support one another" Tuesday amid a shakeup in the upper chamber arising from a leadership change.

Sen. Francis Escudero on Monday staged a coup against Zubiri as he secured the signatures of 14 fellow senators to unseat the latter.

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