Arroyo abstains in the minority row of the House

Posted at 12:40 pm on August 01, 2018

Updated 12:40 , 01 August 2018 [19659004] NO INTERVENTION. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo told reporters on August 1, 2018 that minority legislators should choose their own. Photo by Mara Cepeda / Rappler "data-parentid =" "/>

NO INTERVENTION President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo told reporters on August 1, 2018 that minority legislators should choose their own leader Photo by Mara Cepeda / Rappler

PAMPANGA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said that she would not intervene in the ongoing battle for leadership of the minority in the House of Representatives

"I leave this to parliamentarians [to settle] among "

Arroyo granted the interview on the sidelines of the NLEX Corporation's Greening the NLEX project, which will plant an additional 62,000 bougainvillea shoots along the river. The block-kilometer stretches from Balagtas, Bulacan to San Fernando, Pampanga

Three blocks of legislators vie for the minority bloc after the dramatic fall of Pantaleon Alvarez, first representative of the district of Davao del Norte, and l & # 39; 39, Arroyo's election to the presidency last week. 19659007] Miro Quimbo, representative of the 2nd district of Marikina, said that he was now the leader of the minority, his bloc composed of the Liberal Party, Makabayan, and "Magni The representative of the 3rd District of Quezon, Danilo Suarez, the leader of the minority under Alvarez, insists that he still holds the post despite the favorable vote in favor of Arroyo (19659007) Arroyo

The Alvarez bloc also claims that it "s still in the position. they are now in the minority Rodolfo Fariñas, the first representative of the district of Ilocos Norte, who was the leader of the majority under Alvarez, declared that Eugene de Vera, representative of arts, business and sciences, is now the minority leader.It is because De Vera did not participate in the vote for Arroyo.

There is now a stalemate on the leadership of the minority of the House, because none of the three blocs seems to want to give in. The debate continues plenary sitting

M. Quimbo said he hoped that Mr. Arroyo would definitely settle the matter once and for all. The duly constituted minority should be recognized by the majority bloc.

"Umaasa kami na at the end of the day, it's going to be the call of the President … Kahit ano pa naw gawin namin diyan, kung sino ang gustong kilalanin ng president, & Yun ang mananaig, Quimbo says in an interview with DZBB

(We hope that eventually it will be the President's call … No (19659007) Alfredo Benitez, representative of the 3rd District of Negros-Occidental, an ally of Arroyo, was of the same opinion.

"In the end, the recognition of the President will be" But another ally of Arroyo, Magnolia Antonino, representative of 4th district of Nueva Ecija, said that "the firm conviction of the President that the issue of minority leadership is something to be worked out by the minority legislators themselves.

" It is a question of delicadeza, I g I think it would be really bad if the majority decided whether the President would decide on the minority.

"Kung si President din ang naglagay ng minority leader, minority leader ano pong klaseng yun? Eh di kakampi din ni President & # 39; yun (If the President select the leader of the minority, what kind of leader of the minority would be this person, he or she would also be an ally of the President). "

Fariñas has already said his bloc would be" very useful "to pass bills of the administration if the majority led by Arroyo recognized them as a minority, as was Suarez, a longtime ally of Arroyo who even campaigned for her to become the President

. The Quimbo Bloc promised to look closely at the procedures in the House to establish checks and balances. – Rappler.com