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(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro said Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s statement all lawmakers would receive a budget regardless of whether they were a member of the majority or the minority shows she treats all her colleagues equally. In a radio interview, Castro said this was the right thing to do, as a Speaker was a Speaker not only for the majority but also the minority. “Ang Speaker, dapat nasa gitna lang,” he said. He said […]
(Eagle News) — The House of Representatives will vote separately from the Senate if Congress as a whole convenes into a Constituent Assembly to amend the Constitution. This is according to newly-elected Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, whose predecessor, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, had insisted that voting for Charter Change should be done jointly by the two chambers of Congress. He noted that since the 1987 Constitution only requires 3/4 votes of Congress for Cha-Cha, the House of […]
(Eagle News) — Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said he would ask the Supreme Court to intervene in the feud on who should comprise and lead the minority bloc in the Lower Chamber. In a television interview, Fariñas noted that under House rules, those who voted for Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Speaker could no longer vie for a minority bloc post. Rep. Danilo Suarez, who voted and for and campaigned for Arroyo to be […]
(Eagle News)–Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will form a new committee in the House of Representatives that will discuss issues on disaster preparedness in the country. Arroyo made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday, July 31. This was in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for Congress to create a Department of Disaster Management in his State of the Nation Address on July 23. Arroyo said those who would form the committee were the lawmakers who were […]
(Eagle News) — In these pictures courtesy of a member of Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s staff, Davao Mayor Sara Duterte and Arroyo are seen together in a meeting of House of Representatives members at a Quezon City hotel. The meeting reportedly took place after Arroyo was elected as the Lower House’s new leader. Prior to Arroyo’s election, there were rumors it was the Davao mayor who wanted the former President to replace Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez. […]
(Eagle News)–Deputy Speaker Rolando Andaya Jr. on Sunday, July 29, said the majority will distance itself from the ongoing disagreements on who should lead the minority bloc in the House of Representatives under Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s term as Speaker. According to Andaya, if there was anything they would decide on, “siguro ‘yung guidelines lang kung paano ang pagpili nila.” He said they would, however, leave it to the parties involved to decide who will […]
(Eagle News)—-Rep. Miro Quimbo on Sunday, July 30, said it was up to newly elected Speaker Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to decide who would be the minority in the House of Representatives. Quimbo made the pronouncement in an interview over radio dzbb, following differing positions on who should constitute the bloc under Arroyo’s leadership. Rep. Edcel Lagman said that under the rules, those who did not vote for Arroyo as Speaker should automatically comprise the new […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Thursday, July 26, said it was looking forward to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s “successful leadership” in the House of Representatives, as it thanked her predecessor, Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, for his “invaluable service to the institution and the nation.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque noted that the Palace was “confident” Arroyo would “put her considerable experience and skills behind (President Rodrigo Duterte’s) agenda.” “The Palace is ready to work with the […]
(Eagle News) – Former House majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday questioned House Resolution 2025 which contained the June 23 proceedings that installed Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as the new House Speaker. The Ilocos Norte first district representative noted that he was still the chair of the House Committee on Rules as of the last session day, and that based on House procedures this resolution should have first passed his committee. Fariñas said that […]
(Eagle News) — Hindi na sana nangyari ang tila House Speakership kudeta kung kusa na lamang bumaba sa puwesto si House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. Ayon kay Political Analyst Prof. Anthony Contreras, mas maganda sana kung si Alvarez na ang naglabas ng mosyon na ideklara nang bakante ang kaniyang posisyon lalu na’t marami ang hindi na sumusuporta sa kaniya. Hindi rin aniya mangyayari iyon kung hindi rin in-adjourn kaagad ni Alvarez ang joint session. Sa kabilang […]
(Eagle News)–The Magnificent 7 will “actively vie” for the leadership of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives, where changes are expected with the election of Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the new Speaker. According to Rep. Edcel Lagman, under House rules, those who abstained from voting for Arroyo would constitute the minority. Apart from the Magnificent 7 composed of Lagman, Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin, Caloocan City Rep. Edgar Erice, Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary […]
(Eagle News) – Two senators whose fathers had a “negative” experience with former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo voiced their apprehension and opposition to the sudden rise in power of the Pampanga congresswoman as House Speaker. Senators Grace Poe and JV Ejercito both voiced concern about the way that Arroyo was installed as House Speaker just a few minutes before the scheduled State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte at 4 p.m. on […]
