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t &rn still up for aCcptian
EY WENDET-L VEGEI.IA parties at the House of Repre- political groups out there, I am
sentatjr.es amid the possible dis- still up for adoptionl" the )'ounger
PRE,SIDENTIAL son Dar.ao integration of the ruling Partido Duterte said in a Press statement'
Ciry Rep. Paolo "Pulong" Duterte. Demokratikong Pijipino-Lakas ng As depuq' speaker for political
wants other political parties to Bayan pDP-Laban). a{furs,Paolo said his "main task is
adopt him, too, after he joined "I am honored to have been ad- to unify all membeis of Congress.
as an adopted member the Na- opted by the National Uttity Puty, "7 am ne\f,' to this nationai
tional Uttiry Pzrtl (NUP), v'hich one of the biggest political organi-
is emergrng as one of the biggest z^taons in the country. To ali other See PULONG )' Page 86

PULONG
poiitical arerta., yet many of mY Robes said the disagreement It was eatlter rePorted that
colleagues wanted me to ioin their started at the height of the sPeak- PDP members want to rePlace
respective political groups," said ership race when some leaders of Sen. Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel
the neophpe lawmaker, a former the party were pushing for Marin-
Jr. as party president and rePlace
vice mayor of Davao City. '-; duque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco him with Pacquiao while former
The President's son did not { urhile others were rooting for other speaker Pantaleon Alvarez will be
have to take his oath since he was ' candidates. riplaced as secretary general bY
just adopted b;' the 56-man NUP, The PDP-Laban officially nov' Velasco, who is exPected to take
which allowed him to retain his has about 70 members left but the over the speakership once Speaker
local party affiliationwith the Hog- number is expected to further dwin- Alan Peter Cayetano stePs down
pong sa Tawong Lungsod. dle in the next few dals lttdt. after 1.5 months.
^t ^t.
expected to transfer to other parties
House sources earlier said the
younger Duterte remained dissatis- like Cayetano's Nacionalista Parq' ANOTHER
fied even if Cayetano was akeadY and the Lakas-CMD of maioriq' LOYAXTY CHECK
elected speaker last July 22'and rs leader Martin Romualdez.
stiil eyeing the speaker's post. The PDP-Lab ar'is conducting a LPacman party-list ReP' Mikee
Paolo remains opposed to the ioyalty chbck among its members at Romerq the leader of the S!*man
term-sharing agreement between the House of Representatives amid Party-list Coalition Foundation,
Cayetano and Velasco, who is reports of'the exodus of some of Inc. pCFI), said their gtouP has
expected to assume the speaker's their members to other parties. signed a ryanifesto confirming
post after 15 months. Sources earlier said that PDP their membership in the coalition
The NUP's membership has
iarvmakers are disappointed j.n "and not in any other Political
risen to 56 udth the entry of 1'4 their pary mates -Pampanga Rep. pmty,for purposes of determining
new members from the PDP-La- Aurelio "Dong" Gonzales, Surigao p^rty affiliation.')
ban, allied parry-list congtessme{r del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel and "To stave off anY attemPts to
and other congressmen from iocal Oriental Mindoro Rep. Saivador involve the party-lists in any Po-
parties led by Paolo. Leachon - fot allegedly fending litical realignments in the House
San Jose del Monte City ReP. for themselves first before their of representadves, the 54 mem-
Rida Robes, one of the 14 iawmak- , bets of the Party-list Coalition
Farty mates who were expecting
ers, admitted that the transfer to , the three to secure cbmmittee Foundation, Inc. have rcaffirmed
NUP was caused by their disaP- chairmanships for them. their commitment to remain with
pointment over the comrnittee Velasco and other PDP-Laban the Coalitiofl," Romero said in a
assignrnents among members of colleagues were set to throw a statement.
the PDP-Laban. thanksgiving parry for Sen. Manny Romero said their grouP has to
"There's really a waiting time Pacquiao's victory over Keith "remain a solid bloc to PreEerve
(for committee assignments). You Thurman last^night at the New the gains we have reached in the
reaily have to wait before you are Wodd'Hotel in Makati City. The 18th Congress in terms of ProPor-
given committee," she told tePort- -tionate representation in the com-
parry was expected to schedule
ers. "This is where the rumors that its next general assembly meeting mittees and key House positions'"
factions exist (in the PDP-Laban'2' where the nominations for the top
'positions will be opened.

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