Speaker Martin Romualdez’s Lakas-CMD on Monday signed an alliance settlement with main political events within the House of Representatives.
Lakas’ pact with the Party-list Coalition Foundation, Inc., PDP-Laban, Nacionalista Party, National Unity Party, and Nationalist People’s Coalition will final till the nineteenth Congress adjourns in June 2025.
The settlement said the events’ “full and unqualified support” for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Romualdez signed for Lakas whereas Ako Bikol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co and Antipolo Rep. Roberto Puno signed for PLCFI and NUP respectively.
Rizal Rep. Jack Duavit signed for the NPC and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales signed for PDP-Laban. Romblon Rep. Eleandro Madrona signed for the Nacionalista Party.
The signing of the alliance settlement occurred a day after Lakas-CMD’s chairman emeritus Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo denied that she had been instructed by a House member {that a} plot to oust Romualdez had the blessing of First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos.
Arroyo was absent on the signing of the alliance settlement on Monday afternoon.
The House of Representatives nearly two weeks in the past voted to elect Gonzales senior deputy speaker to switch Arroyo. Arroyo remained deputy speaker.
Arroyo has since denied that she plotted to unseat her social gathering mate Romualdez as Speaker.
Vice President Sara Duterte then resigned from the Lakas-CMD.
Romualdez, a primary cousin of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., has stated any effort to destabilize the House should be nipped within the bud.
Marcos referred to as the change within the House a part of regular reorganization within the House. —NB, GMA Integtrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
