DEPUTY Speaker David “Jay-jay” Suarez and Mark Enverga, both from Quezon, are confident that Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) President Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez would remain Speaker in the 20th Congress.
This, as the two majority House leaders downplayed rumors of potential challengers to the top post in the House of Representatives.
“We believe in the past three years that we have seen the performance of the House. We have seen how we can deliver to the legislative agenda of our President,” Suarez, a Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) stalwart, told reporters.
“And we have also seen how we can manage our leadership. We believe that karamihan sa atin na continuity ang mahalaga para sa Kongreso and we’re fully supportive behind the leadership of Speaker Martin,” added Suarez.
Enverga, a stalwart of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), also believed that Speaker Romualdez will continue his role as Speaker in the next Congress.
“So, we believe that si Speaker Martin, will continue his term as Speaker. So, it will continue,” Enverga said.
As for rumors of speakership contenders, Enverga said he wasn’t aware of any.
