UPDATE: Marinduque Rep. Velasco gets PDP-Laban’s nod for speakership via themanilatimes
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte shares a light moment with some of the distinguished guests during the Hugpong ng Pagbabago Thanksgiving Night at the Peninsula Manila in Makati City on June 24, 2019.
Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao, designated spokesman of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban ng Bayan , made the announcement on Wednesday from the United States where he is preparing for his upcoming fight with Welterweight World Champion Keith Thurman on July 20. “I am therefore announcing the endorsement and support of PDP-Laban for Congressman Lord Allan Velasco as Speaker of the House of Representatives in the full term of the 18th Congress,” Pacquiao said.The other contenders for the top House post are Representatives-elect Martin Romualdez and Alan Peter Cayetano .
“President Duterte has not endorsed any Speaker aspirant as of today and has even announced that he will not endorse any Speaker aspirant,” Pacquiao said.
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