Alvarez concedes to President Arroyo

ACCEPTING THE DEFEAT. The representative of the 1st district of Davao del Norte, Pantaleon Alvarez, gives the presidency of the House to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, representative of the 2nd district of Pampanga. Photo taken from photo

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Davao del Norte District Vice President Pantaleon Alvarez has conceded to new President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

The deposed President of Mindanao has agreed to control of the House on Wednesday, July 25th. "We can not undo the past, but we can certainly shape our future." The House of Representatives has chosen a new president in the person of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Alang-alang sa bayan ] (For the good of the country), let's get back to work and move on, "Alvarez said in a statement.

The whole nation watched Arroyo's allies overthrow Alvarez – a series of dramatic developments that delayed more than an hour the third speech on the state of the nation of President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, July 23. (READ: "Why is it inside?" Temperament after Alvarez)

efforts in om the Alvarez bloc to stop the plan to overthrow it.But in the end, a total of 184 legislators voted yes to a president of Arroyo, while only 12 abstained. of the 7 members of the Makabayan Bloc have not were taken into account because they were considered "inadmissible".

Wednesday Legislators formalized the election of Arroyo as President by approving House Resolution No. 2025, which formally tabled in the House registers the proceedings Monday evening.

The Presidencies of the Commissions in the House will remain for the moment. The representative of the 3rd District Negros Occidental, Albee Benitez, who chairs the Committee on Housing and Urban Development, said that it was Arroyo's order of march

"President Arroyo comes to meet the various presidents of the commissions and gave them the instructions.Normally, the Congress is balik trabaho (Basically, the Congress is back to work), "he said.

Now, 3 alliances of legislators outside the majority bloc led by Arroyo are vying for the minority. direction. Ms. Arroyo has already said that she would let minority lawmakers – or anyone who did not vote for her as president – fix the problem between them. (READ OUT: Legislators of the Liberal Party claim that they are a true minority of the House) – Rappler.com