Davao Cong. Paolo Duterte Accuses Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos over Pick for New House Speaker
PAOLO DUTERTE – The Davao Congressman spoke on Leyte Representative Martin Romualdez resigning as House Speaker and replaced with Isabela Rep. Bojie Dy.
Amid the allegations of flood control corruption against him, Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez decided to resign from being the House Speaker. Antipolo Rep. Ronaldo Puno revealed that he called for a meeting among the House leaders on Tuesday to inform them about his decision to step down from the top post in the House of Representatives.
According to Romualdez, the accusations against him are affecting the reputation of the House of Representatives as well as the Marcos Jr. administration. House Deputy Speaker and Zambales Rep. Jay Khonghun claimed that Romualdez chose to “sacrifice” for the chamber and the country by resigning from being House speaker. He stressed that “everything’s well” in the chamber.
Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez is replaced by Isabela Rep. Faustino “Bojie” Dy as House Speaker. According to Puno, Romualdez called for a meeting and asked the House leaders to support Dy. He is confident that the chamber will be in good hands with Dy’s leadership.
However, according to Davao 1st District Cong. Paolo Duterte, the resignation of Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez and with Isabela Rep. Bojie Dy replacing him in the position is allegedly “just another cover-up move”. He also claimed that presidential son and Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos allegedly had a hand on the pick for the new House Speaker.
Cong. Paolo Duterte stressed that Ilocos Norte Rep. Sandro Marcos who is currently the Majority Leader and Isabela Rep. Bojie Dy are both under the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas. Based on a post, he stressed that it was allegedly the son of the President himself who chose Dy to replace his uncle in the position.
“Now, Martin Romualdez will be replaced, and then Rep. Faustino “Bojie” Dy will be installed as Speaker. Whose choice was it? None other than Sandro Marcos — party-mate in Partido Federal, the son of the President himself. What is this? Just another cover-up move,” the Davao Congressman claimed.
Davao Cong. Paolo Duterte did not vote for former House Speaker Martin Romualdez during his reelection as House Speaker for the 20th Congress. He went out from the session hall prior to the nomination.
Former House Speaker Martin Romualdez spoke on resigning from his position in the House of Representatives amid the accusations against him.