Velasco endorses Romualdez as next Speaker
SPEAKERSHIP. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco endorses House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez as Speaker of the 19th Congress during their lunch meeting at Shangri-La The Fort in Taguig City on Tuesday (May 17, 2022). Velasco thanked Romualdez for helping him shepherd the House in the outgoing 18th Congress. (Photo courtesy of Romualdez' office) MANILA - Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday endorsed House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez to be the next Speaker of the 19th Congress. "I believe that his election as Speaker of the 19th Congress will ensure that the legis...