TALKS of removing Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez as Speaker are nothing more than “wishful thinking,” Malacanang said on Tuesday.

In a television interview, Palace spokesman Harry Roque, Jr. said that any effort to oust Alvarez from his position won’t prosper since the President still has “full support” for the Speaker.

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