House now has 30 deputy speakers
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 14) - The number of deputy speakers in the House of Representatives has increased to 30, just two months after Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco assumed the House leadership.
The chamber on Monday elected Cavite Rep. Strike Revilla as deputy speaker during the plenary session.
The deputy speakership is one of the top posts in the chamber. A deputy speaker has a voice and a vote in all committees.
Since Velasco took over last October, some allies of then Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have been booted out of their posts as deputy speakers.
Rep. Strike Revilla
The brother of Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. relinquished his former position as chairman of the House Committee on Housing and Urban Development to become deputy speaker.
The total number of speakers now stand at 30, the most in Congress history since the position was created in 1995 by then Speaker Jose De Venecia Jr.
A debate on the real number of deputy speaker continues to rage as it could not be ascertained whether or not Las Pinas Rep. Camille Villar is still considered one. She declined the appointment hours after it was called out on the floor last month.
Published December 13, 2020, 10:41 AM
Having a new House leadership won’t necessarily translate to a new operating franchise for shuttered television and radio network giant ABS-CBN, Deputy Speaker and SAGIP Party-List Rep. Rodante Marcoleta reckoned.
This view shows the ABS-CBN network headquarters in Quezon City in the Metro Manila area on May 5, 2020. (Photo by Maria TAN / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
Marcoleta, in a recent interview over Sonshine Media Network International (SMNI), said
ABS-CBN has to go through a lot of reforms first, such as a management change, before the House of Representatives could grant it a new franchise.
“Dedepende kung may pagbabagong makikita sa Kapamilya Network kung mabibiyan sila ng prangkisa (It depends on the changes over at the Kapamilya Network if they would be given a franchise),” said the feisty congressman.
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