Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. — Inquirer file photograph
MANILA, Philippines—Amid swirling rumors of potential Home management change on the Batasang Pambansa Advanced, one reality remained unchanged: Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez remains to be the speaker of the Home of Representatives.
Following the opening of the twentieth Congress’ first common session on Monday morning, Romualdez was elected by 269 members of the Home to as soon as once more lead the chamber, having served as speaker all through your complete nineteenth Congress.
Speculations ran rife in latest weeks that some lawmakers had been searching for to unseat Romualdez, with three names rising as potential challengers to the speakership — Bacolod Rep. Albee Benitez, Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco, and Cebu fifth District Rep. Vincent Franco Frasco.
Not one of the three supposed challengers, nonetheless, confirmed any intention to pursue the speakership. On July 24, Iloilo 1st District Rep. Janette Garin famous that Negros Occidental third District Rep. Javi Benitez — son of Albee Benitez — was among the many 291 lawmakers who signed a manifesto supporting Romualdez’s bid to stay Speaker.
Tiangco, for his half, had earlier hinted at being ready to tackle the function of chair of the Home committee on appropriations.
Frasco, in the meantime, has not publicly expressed curiosity within the speakership however just lately shared a information article that described him as a possible “darkish horse” candidate.
Final June, Frasco revealed that he had declined to signal the manifesto of help for Romualdez, stating that he believes the chamber wants unifying management and that the Home ought to function “a accomplice in constructing the nation up,” not a supply of discord.
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The Home of the nineteenth Congress was hailed by many lawmakers as probably the most productive in latest historical past, with a complete of 11,557 payments and a pair of,393 resolutions filed, and 1,565 measures handed—287 of which had been enacted into nationwide and native legal guidelines.
Romualdez, nonetheless, mentioned he expects the twentieth Congress to carry out even higher with the entry of neophyte lawmakers./mcm/abc
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