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Taguig solon
suitins up far
Spealner role?
By MaricelV. Cruz
THE 18th' Congress has yet tg be
convened blt it seems Speakelaspir-
ant and Taguig Rep.-elect Alan Peter
Cayetano has already been acting as
if he were the leader of the House of
Representatives, observers have said.
On Tuesday, Cayetano will get to
try the feel ofbeing Speaker when he
hosts an orientation seminar for the
nerv members of the House at the posh
Quest Hotel in Clark Field, Pampanga.
In other developments:
. Twenty one neophyte congressmen
on Monday started their training aimed
at orienting them on theii roles and re-
sponsibilities as lawmakers when the
next Congress opens on July 22. The
House of Representatives and the Uni-
versity ol the Philippines National Col-
lege on Publie Administration and Gov-
ernance organized the executive course
for new members of tbe iqcoming 18th
Congress. The new legislators wili be
trained on Jnne 17 to 19. on June 24 to
26 and on July I to 3.
.A
lormer Commission on Elec-
tions chairrnan and veteran,election
lawyer on Monday joined the call to
cancel the nomination of former Na-
tional Youth Commission chairman
Ronald Cardema as a representative,
ol the Duterte Youth Party-list group
lor being overaged. Formir Comelec
chief Sixto Brillantes. along with elec-
tion lawyer Romulo Macaljntal and
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petition to disquali$ Cardema loT th"
buterte Youth party-list group for being
overaged.
Cavetano tapped several members of
presiOent Rodrigo Dutert€'s Cabinet to de-
liver lectures on lawmaking and the budget
proc€ss.
' They include Secretaries Mark Villar of
the Department of Public Works and High-
*ays, irthnr Togade ofthe Department of
Transportation and Carlos Dominguez III
of the Department of Finance.
The subjects on "Parliamentary Pro-
cedure" and the "traditions ofCongress"
will also be discussed with the newbies by
professor Edmund Tayao and returning
ivlandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II.
o 'flb others hosts include Cayetano's par-
ty-mates in the Nacionalista Party, House
Deputy Speaker Raneo Abu, Reps. LRay
Villafuerte of Camarines Sur and Ronnie
Z,amora of San Juan, Abraham Tolentino
ofCavite and Dan Fernandez oflaguna of
PDP-Laban, and Elpidio Barzaga ofCavite,
Robbie Puno of Antipolo and Bong Bravo
of the partyJist Co-op-Natcco-all mem-
bers of the National UnitY PartY.
After the "luncheon lecture," Cayetano
will host cocktails and socials as well as
the dinner for his fellow legislators.
Cayetano reportedly got the ire of the
influential daughter of the President,
Mavor Sara Duterte-CarPio, after he
threatened to split the ruling super coali-
tion PDP-Laban if Duterte failed to en-
dorse his speakershiP.
Cayetano's threat did not sit well with
the pillars of PDP-Laban.
Clyetano, who served as a Foreign
A{fairs secretary of President Duterte,
claimed he would be the chosen one to
help the President push his legislative
agenda for the second halfofhis six-year
term. With Vito Barcelo
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