Gloria as speaker of the house?

[explorer]

will it happen? or will she experience the greatest betrayal of her life when her partymates will move to a new coalition with LP and probably the original Lakas-NUCD-CMD?

unless gloria buys these Lakas-Kampi-CMD partymate tongressmen with her millions....i don't think they will still side with her. remember, Nonoy said that he will not abolish the pork barrel funds for tongressmen...also, I know a couple of Lakas-Kampi-CMD tongressmen who won but have grudges with their party because of lack of financial support during the campaign period. other reason for grudges was multi candidates (same party) in the same position in the provinces. meron nag-aagawan kung sino talaga yung official candidate ng party nila...now that they won...it's easy for them to dump their former leader.

from : www.inquirer.net

[SIZE="3"]Arroyo to run for speaker, says brother-in-law[/SIZE]

By Carla Gomez
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:40:00 05/12/2010

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines—Negros Occidental Representative Ignacio "Iggy" Arroyo Jr. (5th District) said on Tuesday night the allies of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would have the numbers to elect her as Speaker of the House.

Asked if the President, who won her congressional bid in the 2nd district of Pampanga, would go for the speakership, the Negros solon said, "Yes, I think she would."

In Negros Occidental, three of the winners in the congressional race, Representative Arroyo of the 5th district, Julio Ledesma IV (1st district) and Alfredo Marañon III (2nd district) belong to the Lakas-Kampi-CMD while another winner, former presidential spokesman Anthony Golez belongs to the Nationalist People's Coalition (NPC) but is close to the President.

Golez won in the Bacolod City congressional lone district with 58,708 votes over Renecito Novero who got 45,083.

Three other congressional winners, Albee Benitez (3rd district), Jeffrey Ferrer (4th district) and Genaro Alvarez(6th district) belong to the NPC.

In Iloilo, incumbent 1st district Representative Janet Garin (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) runs unopposed while in the 2nd district, controversial Augusto Syjuco Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD), who ran into graft and corruption complaints when he was the director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, is ahead by a wide margin over Ramon Arenas Jr. (NPC), son of socialite Rosemarie Baby Arenas.

Another Arroyo ally, Arthur Defensor Jr. (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) is also winning in the 3rd district over former Agrarian Reform Secretary Rene Villa (LP).

Incumbent 4th Representative Ferjenel Biron (Nacionalista Party) is winning over Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas (LP).

The 5th district race is really for oppositionists to Arroyo: Representative Niel Tupas Jr. (LP) is winning over his cousin, Iloilo Vice Gov. Rolex Suplico (NP).

President Arroyo also has two allies in Bohol, Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado (Lakas-Kampi-CMD), who won in the 2nd district congressional race, and Arthur Yap, (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) who ran unopposed in the 3rd district. However, it is not yet known if Rene Relampagos (Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino) who won in the 1st congressional district would support the speakership bid of the President.

In Cebu, five of the winning candidates in the congressional race, Rep. Eduardo Gullas of Alayon-NP (1st district), Rep. Pablo Garcia of Lakas-Kampi (2nd district), Rep. Pablo John Garcia of Lakas-Kampi (3rd district), Rep. Benhur Salimbangon of Lakas Kampi (4th district), Rep. Ramon Durano VI of NPC (5th district) and Arturo Radaza of Lakas-Kampi (Lapu-Lapu lone district) were closely allied with the President Macapagal-Arroyo. Gullas and Radaza have been proclaimed winners.

In Capiz, Representative Antonio del Rosario (LP) won in the 1st congressional district while Jane Castro (Lakas-Kampi), wife of outgoing Representative Fredenil Castro won in the 2nd district.

But there are victories for the Liberal Party (LP): Television host Lucy Torres Gomez, who ran under the Liberal Party, was proclaimed 10:30 a.m. Wednesday as the duly elected congressional representative for Leyte's fourth district, edging out her closest rival by more than 24,000 votes.
Gomez, 35, replaced her husband Richard, who was earlier disqualified on residency issues.

In Cebu City, the congressional candidates of the Bando Osmeña Pundok Kauswagan, which is affiliated with the Liberal Party, won handily over their opponents.

Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña edged out Jonathan Guardo while Rachel Marguerite Del Mar, daughter of Representative Raul del Mar, also won over Lahug Barangay Captain Mary Ann de los Santos.

However, in the past, both Osmeña and Del Mar's father were allies of President Arroyo.

[niky]

Some of her former allies have outright said that they would wait and see who would prove to be more powerful before deciding. I don't think that Gloria will have that easy a time of it, unless they have squirreled away enough money to guarantee it.

[Gerbo]

First, "show me the money".

Remember,the "Golden Rule": He who has the gold, rules.

[meledson]

if she can get the numbers, it is possible.

[mrpink]

i would say f* her and not in the milf sort of way .. hay .. ayaw talaga bumitiw ..

[explorer]

this is just one of the examples of what i posted earlier. isama mo pa yung ganti ni FVR at ni JDV dahil binuwag yung original Lakas party nila. malamang magbubuo ulit ang original Lakas para meron din silang power. pero malabo na sasama sila kay pandak.

[SIZE="3"]Disappointed Zubiri mulls leaving Lakas-Kampi[/SIZE]

Maila Ager
INQUIRER.net
May 13, 2010

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri is now considering leaving his political group, the Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats, as he expressed disappointment on its alleged failure to help its local candidates in the just concluded elections.

One option, Zubiri said, would be to take an independent stand.

“Pinag-iisipan ko muna yung [I am still thinking of my] option. Magre-relax muna ako sa partido [I will relax first from the party] and we’ll see, will asses the situation,” he told reporters on Thursday.

Asked if resignation was an option, Zubiri said, “Pag iisipan kong mabuti yan. Ipagdadasal ko yan [I’ll think about that very carefully. I will pray for that].”

“Because that’s been my political party for the last 13 years. I joined it 13 years ago,” he pointed out.

He could not, however, hide his disappointment at how his group handled the last election, which resulted in the defeat of a number of its partymates in the local level.

“But definitely I’m quite disappointed with my political party at this point in time,” he said.

“Ang daming nagti-text sa akin. Bakit ganun? 50,000 lang daw ang na-receive nila sa isang town [Many texted me. Why is that so? They said they only received P50,000 in one town ]. So they were made to fend on their own that’s why a lot of the local positions were lost, a lot of the local positions held by Lakas were lost,” he pointed out.

And as he predicted even before the elections, Zubiri said about 30 to 40 percent of administration members have left the group.

And he expected more defections from Lakas-Kampi with the entry of the new administration.

“This is the time of party raiding,” he said.

[niwde11]

First, "show me the money".

Remember,the "Golden Rule": He who has the gold, rules.

eto naman lagi ang nasusunod kaya wag masyado paranoid on GMA being the speaker of the house. di ko lang matandaan dati nung interview ni Cong Locsin regarding this scenario, medyo maganda yung explanation nya. it like "unless GMA can buy the congressman ek ek". kaya balik golden rule. di mo muna kikibo yung mga neutral kunong congressman. bid war yan.

[malinkelly]

masyado siyang greedy sa kapangyarihan..

[vinj]

Anything to stay in power to protect herself and her not-so-intelligent offspring.

This is something new: House > Presidency > Senate

[explorer]

Some of her former allies have outright said that they would wait and see who would prove to be more powerful before deciding. I don't think that Gloria will have that easy a time of it, unless they have squirreled away enough money to guarantee it.

malamang di na papayag yung mga congressmen na 'to na cheque ang ibabayad sa kanila. napako na sila sa perang ipinangako sa kanila during the campaign period. at baka yung iba ang gagawin kunin muna ang pera tapos sa kabila kakampi para ganti sa ginawa na 'pahirap' sa kanila bago mag election :bottom:

[shadow]

there is no way in hell she will be the next speaker. the sitting President has an awesome power and influence over Congress at least in the lower house.

[Galactus]

Pandak's allies are merely floating that bogey para medyo matakot si Noynoy. I'm quite sure she's quaking in her boots kasi malapit na siyang makulong at ma-lethal injection (hehehe). Exempted naman yata ang mga under-height sa SC ruling against the death penalty

[kagalingan]

sa lahat ng nagplunder, si gloria talaga ang siga

ang hirap kasi mamili next speaker. Kailangan yung nagcocommand ng respect yung may ahngas may utak like gloria.

ganito para walang-away eh ito na lang = bayani fernando.

Duterte tells GMA: Pick your replacement as speaker

MANILA, Philippines — President Duterte has changed his mind anew and is leaving it to members of the House of Representatives to decide on who their next speaker should be, saying he does not want to experience the “agony” of choosing because all the contenders are his friends.

Duterte revealed he had asked outgoing Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to choose her successor because he does not want to hurt the feelings of his allies.

“Do not give me a problem anymore... You are about to retire. You choose the next speaker,” Duterte, referring to Arroyo, said during the oath taking of local officials yesterday at Malacañang.

Duterte said the conversation took place during the thanksgiving of the Hugpong ng Pagbabago in Makati last Monday. He said people thought he was kidding but he was not.

Arroyo refused to select the next speaker, according to the Chief Executive.

Duterte said incoming Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco signified intention to become speaker during the midterm polls. Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez expressed interest in the post after the polls, according to the President.

“I said sort it out among yourselves,” Duterte said. “I am comfortable with any speaker as long as he is Filipino.”

Last Monday, the President said he was still undecided on who to endorse in the race for speaker, saying he was too busy to think about the issue.

“Look, I just came from Bangkok. Nagpatong ang trabaho ko (My work has piled up). I have to go home because I have to work,” Duterte told reporters last Monday.

“I have so many papers to sign. Maybe, when I sit for a – in the bathroom and begin to ponder, I might decide on what to do,” he added.

Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte was just floating a possibility. He claimed that the President does not interfere with issues in Congress.

The spokesman added that it is also possible that the President would not announce his choice for speaker.

“Puwedeng puwede, puwedeng hindi. Hindi natin alam. Siya mismo nagsabi maybe, eh (Maybe yes, maybe no. He himself said maybe),” Panelo said.

Panelo later admitted that the Duterte’s political alliances may be a consideration in his decision-making.

“All of them are allies, eh. Maybe, he doesn’t want to ruffle the feelings of the candidates; and all of them naman are supportive of the President,” he said.

Duterte’s former aide and senator-elect Christopher Go previously said the President had asked for more time to decide on who he would endorse in the speakership race.
Divided

Allied political parties in the administration coalition, led by PDP-Laban party, at the House have been largely polarized owing to his failure to officially declare his candidate for the next speaker.

As it is now, no less than the country’s most dominant party is deeply divided, with the ruling party’s stalwarts and members endorsing Velasco, Romualdez and Cayetano as the three main speakership aspirants.

The camp of reelected Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr., who sits as executive vice president, has officially endorsed the candidacy of Velasco – a close friend of the Duterte family – whose group has already garnered 40 signatures out of its 90 members.

Another PDP-Laban “faction,” that of Reps. Ronaldo Zamora (San Juan) and Neptali Gonzales II (Mandaluyong), has declared their all-out support for returning congressman Cayetano, a former senator and foreign affairs secretary.

“As the battle for speaker heats up, PDP-Laban expressed their support for the Taguig-Pateros representative, notwithstanding the fact that he belongs to the Nacionalista Party (NP),” a statement from the Cayetano camp read.

A third wing, however, has thrown their support behind Romualdez, as per repeated pronouncements of outgoing House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez who disclosed that most of their 156 signatories actually come from the country’s ruling political party.

The incoming Quezon governor, however, refused to give the names of the PDP-Laban signatories.

Reliable sources in Congress have admitted that “practically all political parties” allied with Duterte – like the Villar-led NP, the Cojuangco-founded Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), the National Unity Party (NUP) and others – are “divided” on the speakership issue.

Duterte is reportedly eyeing a win-win solution to the speakership quarrel among his congressmen-allies: term-sharing.

“He wants them to share the three-year term of the speaker,” a close presidential aide said in a text message to a lawmaker.

It was not clear, though, whether two or three aspirants would divide the term. If two, they would have one-and-a-half years each; if three, they would have one year each in occupying the position.

There is also a quarrel in term-sharing: who gets the post first, or if they are amenable to the idea in the first place.

Duterte tells GMA: Pick your replacement as speaker

[projector]

why not. kayang kaya nya un

[Rizal]

Akala ko ba si Villar is an ally of Arroyo...that's what Noynoy was always saying during the campaign...how come Noynoy is now asking Villar's help to stop Arroyo from becoming speaker....i dont understand that.

[badsekktor]

Akala ko ba si Villar is an ally of Arroyo...that's what Noynoy was always saying during the campaign...how come Noynoy is now asking Villar's help to stop Arroyo from becoming speaker....i dont understand that.

well.... the recent elections is just a power struggle for most politicians.... Im pretty sure that most of the congressmen would join LP.... GMA is not in the position to hold "loyalty checks" to her partymates anymore.

She just lost a big chunk of her influence and power.... Government is now reorganizing itself... alliances are lost and new ones are forming....

[loidch]

i'am sure she is already pooling her loyal dogs as of this moment, and see if she has the numbers in the new lower house to become the next speaker....if not, either she maps an escape route or calls her dogs not to attend the national canvass so that the president apparent stays "APPARENT"

[tabularasa]

It will never happen..

[niwde11]

kung sino me hawak ng kaban advantage lagi dyan. ngayon kung wait mo ang mga congressman lumapit sa me hawak ng kaban e baka magkaproblema. pero ang me hawak ng kaban ang lalapit sa mga congressman, syempre sigurado.:D
masakit mang tangapin, pera pera talaga yan.

[shadow]

what loyalty check is she talking about?, loyalty is out the window as soon as a new administration comes in.

unless gustong magutom ng mga congressmen dahil wala silang makukuhang pork barrel for the next 6 years assuming pwede pa sila tumakbo sa 2013, sayang naman yun pagod nila nun campaign kung hinde sila susunod sa Presidente