Photo from Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez’ Facebook page
“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.
The mayor said she’s leaving it to her father, President Rodrigo R. Duterte, to decide for resigned vice mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, her brother who will sit as representative of Davao City’s 1st district.
“The question on the interest of Cong-elect Paolo Duterte to vie for Speaker of the HOR should best be addressed by our father because he is the President and our patriarch,” she said.
The mayor also denied endorsing Leyte Rep.
Martin Romualdez for the Speakership as claimed by Deputy Speaker Prospero Pichay.
“If I did raise his hand during the HNP rally in Tacloban, I did so because he, just like Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, is supportive of the reform agenda of President Duterte,” she said.
She also hit newly elected Taguig Rep.
