LP coalition partners to get juicy posts in the House
By Gerry Baldo 07/06/2010 Liberal Party (LP) members and their coalition partners are going to get juicy posts in the House of Representatives when the 15th Congress opens on July 26. According to LP spokesman Rep. Lorenzo Tanada III, the party is currently in the thick of negotiations with those who are going to support the speakership bid of Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte even as the key positions like those of the deputy speakers would all be held by members of the Liberal party. “On the part of LP, we are now talking with some people who are interested. (Samar) Rep. Raul Daza who was formerly a deputy speaker. There is (Zamboanga) Rep. Maria Isabel Climaco, (Batangas), Rep. Hermilando Mandanas and myself will likely be deputy speakers,” Tanada said yesterday. He added that the post of the majority leader would most likely go to Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales III, a former Lakas Kampi CMD officer who jumped to the LP before the campaign period for the May election. The majority leader also heads the Committee on Rules. “What is being discussed in the next few days and weeks is how these committees will be distributed to the different coalition partners who are supporting Rep. Belmonte,” he said, stressing that the post of the speaker is “already in the bag” for Belmonte who has the support of over 150 lawmakers. Among the LP coalition partners are the Nacionalist Peoples Coalition, the Nationalista Party, the Lakas Kampi CMD, the PDP Laban and some partylist groups. Half of the 150 lawmakers who are going to vote for Belmonte are members of the ruling Liberal Party. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100706hed2.html |
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