Tag: House Minority bloc

Ousted Speaker Alvarez throws support behind De Vera in squabble over who should lead House minority bloc

(Eagle News) — Ousted House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez is throwing his support behind ABS Rep. Eugene De Vera in the squabble over who should be the minority bloc leader following the change of leadership in the House of Representatives. Alvarez himself made the pronouncement in a meeting of PDP-Laban members on Thursday, Aug. 2, breaking his silence for the first time since he was removed as Speaker by a majority of his colleagues in the […]

Fariñas to urge SC to intervene in squabble over who should comprise, lead House minority bloc

(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 […]