{"id":172665,"date":"2018-07-23T21:35:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T01:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=172665"},"modified":"2018-07-23T21:35:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T01:35:49","slug":"alvarez-takes-speakers-seat-rostrum-sona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/23\/alvarez-takes-speakers-seat-rostrum-sona\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez takes Speaker’s seat at rostrum during SONA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was Alvarez, along with Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who called to order the joint session of Congress. ROBINSON NI\u00d1AL JR.\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez took the seat of the Speaker at the rostrum when Congress convened in a joint session for President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday.<\/p>\n

It was Alvarez, along with Senate President Vicente Sotto III, who called to order the joint session of Congress.<\/p>\n

President Rodrigo Duterte also acknowledged Alvarez as the Speaker at the start of his SONA speech.<\/p>\n

Earlier, former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took her oath as the new Speaker.<\/p>\n

Deputy Speaker Miro Quimbo said the installation of Arroyo as Speaker was maceless and no roll call was held, so its validity could be questioned.<\/p>\n

“It’s unprecedented. I don’t recall it ever happening in the last 25 years or since the Congress was established that we’ve had a change in leadership or a session held not without any prior notice,” Quimbo said.<\/p>\n

The ouster move against Alvarez came after a manifesto of support to endorse Arroyo’s speakership bid circulated Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Duterte\u2019s allies said the ouster move against Alvarez has the support of the President\u2019s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, who earlier had a spat with Alvarez.<\/p>\n

The Alvarez and Duterte-Carpio conflict started last February when he labeled the Davao City mayor as being part of the opposition when she formed the regional political party,\u00a0Hugpong ng Pagbabago<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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