For the first time in recent Philippine history, it will be the vice president’s party – and not the president’s – that will comprise the majority in the House of Representatives.
DAVAO CITY, Philippines –
Romualdez, who represents the 1st District of Leyte, is president of Lakas-CMD, the party where Duterte is co-chair. He is also the first cousin of president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who belongs to Partido Federal ng Pilipinas , a relatively new and obscure political party.That the Lakas-CMD is poised to be the majority isn’t exactly a coup again Marcos. Aside from being cousins with the party president, his PFP has an alliance with Lakas-CMD called the Uniteam Alliance.
Back in 2010, shortly after Benigno Aquino III won the presidential race, politicians in the Philippines began donning yellow shirts as members of the Liberal Party. Six years later in 2016, many of the same who switched to yellow then turned red as members of the PDP-Laban, President Rodrigo Duterte’s party.
What can a supermajority do in the House, exactly? Almost anything they want. In the House, internal rules can be tweaked and bent depending on the decisions of its leadership.voted to make it difficult for media and the public to access its elected members’ Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth The House leadership also dictates which issues will be tackled, either in committee hearings or plenary session.
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