There is storm brewing in the House of Representatives.
With former president and current Speaker of the
House Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo fulfilling his term this coming June 30.
There is a vacuum in the person who will be fit for
the House’s speakership.
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| President Duterte raising the hand of noe elected Taguig representative Alan Peter Cayetano (photo credit to Philstar) |
As early as now there are three names are cropping
up – former speaker Pantaleon Alvarez, former Foreign Secretary Allan Peter
Cayetano, and Lord Allan Velasco of Marinduque.
In the mix of all this, presidential daughter and
re-elected Sara Duterte-Carpio is the kingmaker.
Alvarez’s feeler to the Davao mayor was rejected.
It may be recalled Inday Sara described Alvarez as :
““He was and he remains to be a very dangerous, Machiavellian individual
who does not deserve peace,”
As for the newly elected Taguig representative and
former vice president candidate of his father in the last elections, Inday Sara
alleged that Cayetano threatened to break up the administration coalition if
she would endorse Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco for speaker.
“I have no intention of accepting Rep. Bebot
Alvarez’s offer of reconciliation because the offer was deceiving and utterly
lacked sincerity. Unknown to him, he was surreptitiously videotaped when he
threatened, after his win in the recent elections in Davao del Norte,
‘Ipapahiya ko si Sara’ (I will put Sara to shame),’” Carpio said in a statement
yesterday.
She said Cayetano’s “veiled threat” came during his
visit here last year.
“Cong-elect Alan Peter Cayetano was correct when he
said that he did not seek my endorsement when he came to Davao to talk to me
sometime last year. He, however, came with a veiled threat, that if I endorse
Rep. Velasco for Speaker, I would
break up the ‘group.’ And this, he said, will affect the presidential elections
of 2022,” the mayor said.
Pulong as Speaker?
There are unconfirmed reports that Davao city
representative Paolo Duterte is also eyeing the speakership.
Inday Sara in her reply
regarding the matter said: “The question on the interest of Cong-elect Paolo
Duterte to vie for speaker of the (House of Representatives) should best be
addressed by our father because he is the President and our patriarch,” Carpio
said.
“In sum, I am only the mayor of Davao City. I am
not the correct person to endorse someone to be the next speaker. I only have a
personal bet but do not intend to influence Congress,” she said.
“It is best if the newly elected members of the
House of Representatives individually decide who among those who are interested
to become the next speaker can truly bring good governance and positive change
to Congress, to the Filipino people and to our country,” she said.
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