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ss Insight
Wednesday, March.11, 2020

Lakas eyes key role

in 2022 elections
BY WENDELL VIGILIA
FORMER President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo and former
crats (I-akas-CNID).
Arroyo. Lakas CMD President
emeritus and De Venecia, the
party\ chaitman emeritus, stood as

Soeaker Iose de Venecia reunited ipeiraLguests in the lunch meeting

oir Mond"y and discussed wa1's hosted bv De Veoecia for Lakas
to strengthen their old PartY, tbe
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I.AKAS,
CMD party congressmen at the
Sampaguita Gardeos in Quezon
City along with House majodty
leader and party president Ferdi-
nand Martio Romualdez and Sen.
Ramon "Boog" Revilla Jr., patty
chairman.
"Our team is in the
process
of rebuilding Lakas-CMD and
we will just have to win them
(former memben) back again,"
said Romualdez.
During the latter part of the
Arroyo administration, she and
luncheon were deputy speaket
Prospero"Pichay (Surigao del
Sur), Aleta Suarez (Quezon),
Paz Radasa (Lapu-Lapu City),
Yasser Balindong (Lanao del
Sur), Chtistian Unabia (Misa
mis Oriental), Hector Sanchez
(Catanduanes), Roger Mercado
(Southern Leyte), and Christo-
pher de Venecia (Pangasinan).
Lakas has 15 members in the
House but one or two new mem-
bers are expected to join it sooo.
De Venecia, in a speech, urged
Lakas-CMD coogressmen to
take the lead in strengthening
now Lakas-CMD, is aheady 28
years old and had led our coun-
ffy for 15 years - six years under
President (Fidel) Ramos and nine
years under President Arroyo,
And we can be ptoud of our
achievements," said De Venecia,
a 6ve term sPeakef.
'iAs part of any thorough-
going political tefotm, we need
to build up strong political par-
ties, to ins titution alize -- and
therefore stabilize -- political
decision-makingj' he added.
De Venecia said many of the po- .

De Venecia had a falling out the party and to make sure that litical problems plaguing the coun-
over the NBN-ZTE broadband it plays a leadership rcle in the uy "rise from our lack of political
deal scandal. forthcoming 2022 elections. groupings able to think coheterdy
Amorig those who attended the "!fe are proud and happy to of the national interest."

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