{"id":222296,"date":"2019-07-09T22:55:25","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T02:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=222296"},"modified":"2019-07-09T22:55:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T02:55:25","slug":"palace-confident-no-budget-delays-under-term-sharing-in-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/09\/palace-confident-no-budget-delays-under-term-sharing-in-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace confident no budget delays under term-sharing in House"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he was also confident that the term-sharing arrangement will not affect the passage of crucial bills pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday expressed confidence that the proposed term-sharing agreement of Speaker in the House of Representatives would not cause delays in the passage of the 2020 national budget.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he was also confident that the term-sharing arrangement will not affect the passage of crucial bills pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

\u201cNag-a-agree na nga iyong tatlo<\/em>\u00a0(The three have already agreed). They forged into unity. So how can there be disruption,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

Panelo was referring to the three speakership aspirants who sought for the President\u2019s endorsement– Taguig Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Malaca\u00f1ang announced that Duterte has endorsed Cayetano and Velasco under term-sharing for House speakership with Cayetano to serve in the first 15 months, and Velasco in the remaining 21 months of the 18th Congress. Romualdez will serve as House Majority Leader.<\/p>\n

On July 29, 2018, the House reached a majority vote to install former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as speaker, replacing Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Under Arroyo\u2019s leadership, there was a delay in the passage of the 2019 budget due to the lower chamber making last-minute amendments to the final version of the bill approved by the bicameral conference committee.<\/p>\n

Realists<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President\u2019s spokesperson said it was Duterte himself who proposed the 15-21 term-sharing proposal to which they all agreed on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of them were\u2026 are realist(s).\u00a0Kung hindi sila pumayag doon sa ganoong<\/em>\u00a0arrangement,\u00a0eh labo-labo talaga sila, magkakasira-sira sila; iyon ang iniwasan nila<\/em>\u00a0(If they didn\u2019t agree to that arrangement, they might never agree, they\u2019ll destroy each other; that\u2019s what they were trying to avoid),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo noted that the three Speaker bets were ready to agree to whatever suggestion the President would make to end the impasse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever the President suggests to them,\u00a0payag na sila<\/em>\u00a0(they will agree on),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Velasco rejected the term-sharing proposal, noting that it would divide the lower chamber.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said it will be up to the lawmakers to decide whether to follow the President term-sharing proposal or elect their own House Speaker.<\/p>\n

He reiterated that as much as the President refused to meddle on the speakership race, Cayetano, Velasco, and Romualdez had approached him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not a question of following the President. It\u2019s them who went to the President and the President made,\u00a0kumbaga \u2018yun ang<\/em>\u00a0suggestion\u00a0niya<\/em>\u00a0(in other words, it\u2019s his suggestion),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNasa kanila \u2018yan kasi sila naman ang boboto, hindi naman si Presidente. Ayaw ni Presidenteng makialam, eh gusto nila pakialaman niya<\/em>(It\u2019s up to them because they will elect their Speaker, not the President. The President doesn\u2019t even want to interfere, but they want him to interfere),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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