{"id":174660,"date":"2018-08-02T05:36:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T09:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174660"},"modified":"2018-08-02T05:36:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T09:36:34","slug":"alvarez-says-moved-ouster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/02\/alvarez-says-moved-ouster\/","title":{"rendered":"Alvarez says he has \u2018moved on\u2019 from his ouster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Ex-House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez. (File\u00a0Photo<\/a>: Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Recently-ousted House of the Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said that he has now moved on from the developments in the lower chamber that led to his removal from the post.<\/p>\n

\u201cTapos na ko dun. Naka<\/em>-move on na ko<\/em> (I am done with that. I have moved on),\u201d he said in an interview with Rappler on Thursday, August 2, during the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) leadership assembly.<\/p>\n

This was Alvarez\u2019s response when he was asked if he wanted to change some of his actions in the past that could have contributed to what happened.<\/p>\n

But according to the former House Speaker, he is at peace with himself.<\/p>\n

\u201cWala na tayong mabigat na<\/em> responsibility na pasan-pasan sa balikat natin<\/em> (I do not have a heavy responsibility to carry on my shoulders anymore),\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Alvarez, in the same interview, further said that there is no sense anymore in talking about something that is already finished.<\/p>\n

Without giving much detail, he did say that he and incumbent House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo already talked about a \u2018smooth transition.\u2019<\/p>\n

For now, he said he will focus on his district as the Davao del Norte 1st<\/sup> district representative.<\/p>\n

Alvarez in a chance interview with the reporters in the same event said that he is okay with what happened and that he still sleeps soundly at night.<\/p>\n

\u201cSinabi ko nga, ako<\/em>, the pain lasted only 24 hours. After that, wala na <\/em>(I actually said, the pain lasted only 24 hours. After that, it is gone),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Alvarez served as the Speaker of the House since July 25, 2016, and was ousted just a couple of days before he reaches his second year in office.<\/p>\n

On July 23 this year, just before President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivered his third State of the Nation Address (SONA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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