PARTIDO Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) National President and Palawan 2nd district Rep. Jose Alvarez has welcomed the House leadership’s decision to give the senior deputy speaker’s post to one of its own, Pampanga 3rd district Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr.
In a statement, Alvarez said “We, in PDP Laban, congratulate our National Treasurer Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales, Jr. for having been elected as Senior Deputy Speaker of the 19th Congress.”
He added that the move of the House of Representatives to elevate Rep. Gonzales to the second highest position in the chamber as a recognition of our partymates’ invaluable contribution to the unprecedented work that the House has accomplished less than a year in our term.
“We remain firmly committed to the supermajority formed by Speaker Martin Romualdez in the House of Representatives as part of our continuing efforts to help bring about the reforms needed to propel the country to greater heights,” Gonzales added.
“We continue to work hand-in-hand and in close partnership with Speaker Martin Romualdez, who have mobilized a multi-partisan coalition in the House of Representatives to help President Marcos deliver his commitment to our people. The election of Rep Gonzales showed the strong ties and cooperation between the Speaker’s party Lakas CMD and PDP Laban in serving the Filipino people,” the statement added.
“We are in full support of the administration of President Marcos, Jr. and the leadership of Speaker Romualdez as we all vow to ramp up our efforts to boost the economy post-pandemic and to improve the living condition of the Filipino people. We at PDP Laban believe that the priority bills that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is pushing will result in much needed reforms to institutions and industries, and to push socio-economic progress that will benefit more Filipinos,” concluded Alvarez.
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