The PDP-Laban and the Liberal Party on Tuesday called off their scheduled signing of a coalition agreement to form a “super majority” bloc in the House of Representatives after LP members led by former Speaker and Quezon City Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr. decided instead to form a 40-strong minority bloc in the chamber.
The signing of the unity pact between the two parties hit an impasse that was never ironed out when incoming Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez of Davao del Norte set a condition that only 20 LP members can join the so-called super majority in the House of Representatives.
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