DAVAO del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez was overwhelmingly elected as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives on Monday, ensuring support for the legislative agenda of the Duterte administration.
Alvarez got 251 votes after the administration party, PDP-Laban, inked coalition agreements with the Nacionalista Party, Nationalist People’s Coalition, National Unity Party, Liberal Party (LP) and the 47-strong party-list bloc.
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