FORMER Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez of the 1st district of Davao del Norte should no longer take his chance to vie for the top post of the House of Representatives, Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio said Thursday.
“Siguro ‘yung nasubukan na at hindi naging successful ‘wag na siguro, pero of course, PDP-Laban (Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan) ‘yan, HNP (Hugpong ng Pagbabago) naman kami,” Ms. Carpio told reporters on the sidelines of the HNP campaign in Pateros, Manila. (Perhaps those proven to be not successful shouldn’t [seek the speakership], but, of course, they’re PDP-Laban and we’re HNP.)
The remarks followed PDP-Laban’s announcement that Mr. Alvarez leads its list of bets for House leadership in the 18th Congress. It had long been speculated the Davao City Mayor had a hand in the ouster of Mr. Alvarez right in President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address last year. Ms. Carpio also advised the PDP-Laban to cut down its shortlist of candidates for the House speakership. — Charmaine A. Tadalan

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