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(Eagle News) — For ABS Rep. Eugene de Vera, he is the new leader of the minority bloc of the House of Representatives. In a television interview on Friday, Aug. 3, De Vera said this was after he was elected to the post by 13 congressmen, including former majority leader Rodolfo Fariñas and former Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Thursday night. De Vera said Rep. Danilo Suarez, who has also laid claim on the post, could […]
(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 […]
Known allies of President Aquino dismissed calls for impeachment after the Supreme Court declared the unconstitutionality of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). According to House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., the President cannot be impeached because the promulgation of the DAP program was done with clean and most sincere of intentions. Marikina City Representative Miro Quimbo explained that even if the DAP has been declared and deemed unconstitutional, it will not serve as a ground for […]
