Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile warned Wednesday his colleagues in the 24-member Senate that he would not tolerate any grandstanding when they meet on May 25 to determine the winners of the May 10 presidential and vice presidential races.

On Monday, the senators are expected to approve a resolution that they convene the regular session ahead of the May 31 schedule and also approve the rules on the canvassing of the certificates of canvass (CoCs) for the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the May 10 automated elections.

In presiding over the Senate regular session, Enrile said he would declare as out of order any privilege speeches by any of the senators, including valedictory addresses by those whose terms end on June 30.

After the formal re-opening of Congress after a three-month election recess, senators led by Enrile will go to the House of Representatives at the Batasang Pambansa complex in Quezon City in the afternoon of May 25 for a joint session.

The Senate and the Lower House would then act out their constitutional roles as National Board of Canvassers (NBC) first to approve the rules of canvass and later to canvass the votes relying either on the CoCs or electronic results of the elections sent by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to a server at the House of Representatives since last week.

The Senate chief stressed that the mandate of the Senate starting next week up to June 4 is to canvass the votes in the presidential and vice presidential races.

After having declared the winners of the presidential and vice presidential races, Enrile said the Senate would, if time permits, go into regular session where he would allow valedictory speeches and probably other issues left unacted upon when the Senate and the Lower House went on election recess last Feb. 6.

There are some senators who would be absent to the NBC canvassing or at the Senate regular session.

They are defeated presidential candidate Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. and vice presidential bet Sen. Loren Legarda who have sought authority to travel abroad from Enrile.

Villar’s travel authority was dated May 12 to May 31 while Legarda would be away from May 20 to June 30.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jose ’’Jinggoy’’ Estrada said he would inhibit himself from attending the canvassing as it involves the votes for his father, former President Joseph Estrada, who is contesting the results of the presidential race.

Enrile also asked Sen. Panfilo Lacson to come out of hiding after he made himself scarce following the issuance by the Manila regional trial court (RTC) of a warrant for his arrest in relation to the killing of publicist Salvador ‘’Bubby’’ Dacer and his driver, Emmanuel Corbito, in Cavite in 2000.

Like former Senate President Franklin M. Drilon, Enrile said Lacson should resolve his court arrest warrant so that he could resume his duties at the Senate.

In a related development, Enrile guaranteed the safety in the Senate of the 60 controversial precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines used in the May 10 elections that were later found at the residence of a technician of Smartmatic, the supplier and operator of these automated election machines, in Antipolo city.