The alleged vote-buying scheme in the hotly-contested battle for the House leadership has reached a new level as bribe offer reportedly soared to P7 million for every member of the Lower House, reelected Pampanga Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales disclosed on Tuesday.
The 54-man Party-list Coalition will consult Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) chair and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte if her father President Rodrigo Duterte will continue to remain neutral and will not endorse any candidate in the highly-contested Speakership race this coming 18th Congress.
Davao City Congressman-elect Paolo “Pulong” Duterte is reportedly rooting for Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco as the next Speaker of the House of Representatives for the upcoming 18th Congress.
President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte may be family, but they don’t talk about politics.
Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez played coy when he told President Rodrigo Duterte about his comeback bid as the next House Speaker.
President Rodrigo Duterte will not endorse anyone in the speakership race in the incoming 18th Congress, saying all the frontrunners are his friends.
President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to resign if his son, Davao City Congressman-elect Paolo “Pulong” Duterte, runs for House Speaker in the incoming 18th Congress.
Three candidates for the next Speaker on Thursday sought the support of the 50-strong party-list coalition, which, should they vote as a bloc, would constitute the second largest group in the House of Representatives after the ruling PDP-Laban.
MANILA – Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she has no intention of accepting the supposed peace offering being offered by former House Speaker and reelected Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez.
Former House Speaker Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez has reached out Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte following his successful reelection as district legislator of Davao del Norte during last Monday’s midterm elections.
