And flood of supporters backing him for Speake

HOUSE Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin G. Romualdez on Saturday thanked former President and returning Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, presidential son and Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative-elect Sandro Marcos and members of all political parties for endorsing him to be the next Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to our esteemed Lakas-CMD President Emeritus, former President and returning Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her words of support and encouragement, which mean a lot to me,” Romualdez, who is also Lakas-CMD president, said.

Romualdez also thanked the group of newly elected House members led by Marcos and other incoming lawmakers from the National Unity Party (NUP), PDP-Laban, Lakas-CMD, Nacionalista Party (NP), Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP), Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP), as well as party-list and independent congressmen for endorsing him to be their leader in the next Congress.

Romualdez assured the members of the House in the next Congress that he would do his best to push for the incoming administration’s agenda and to serve his colleagues and their constituents well.

He also promised House members that he would continue to be a consensus-builder, as he has always been as Majority Leader, and to treat them fairly and listen to the views of all.

Romualdez said as a member and Speaker of the House in the 17th Congress, former President Arroyo “was one of our guiding lights.”

“We will continue to count on her for help and advice,” Romualdez said. By RYAN PONCE PACPACO

AUTHOR PROFILE

Ryan Ponce Pacpaco