GMA’s House allies agree to unseat JDV
Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz presented himself as a possible candidate for Speaker during the Palace meeting. “He will be the one who will present a motion to declare all House seats vacant”
By Jess Diaz and Delon Porcalla - PhilStar
A group of congressmen-allies of President Arroyo vowed to unseat Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. in the wake of the damaging Senate testimony of his son Joey III against First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo.
Mrs. Arroyo’s loyalists hatched the plan late Wednesday night at a meeting with the President in Malacañang. They trooped to the Palace after the day’s session upon the President’s invitation. De Venecia was not at the meeting.
Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis, who attended the Palace meeting, told a news forum in Quezon City yesterday that there was no clear consensus yet on how to carry out the plan.
But he said he and several other administration allies were determined to make the first move next week.
He said Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz presented himself as a possible candidate for Speaker during the Palace meeting. “He will be the one who will present a motion to declare all House seats vacant,” Solis said.
He added that he and his colleagues felt that what the younger De Venecia did had the blessing of the Speaker.
Solis, a member of the pro-administration Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), has an ax to grind against the Speaker who booted him out as defense committee chairman in July and replaced him with Rep. Arthur Celeste, a provincemate of the Speaker.
Mrs. Arroyo’s loyalists hatched the plan late Wednesday night at a meeting with the President in Malacañang. They trooped to the Palace after the day’s session upon the President’s invitation. De Venecia was not at the meeting.
Sorsogon Rep. Jose Solis, who attended the Palace meeting, told a news forum in Quezon City yesterday that there was no clear consensus yet on how to carry out the plan.
But he said he and several other administration allies were determined to make the first move next week.
He said Zambales Rep. Antonio Diaz presented himself as a possible candidate for Speaker during the Palace meeting. “He will be the one who will present a motion to declare all House seats vacant,” Solis said.
He added that he and his colleagues felt that what the younger De Venecia did had the blessing of the Speaker.
Solis, a member of the pro-administration Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi), has an ax to grind against the Speaker who booted him out as defense committee chairman in July and replaced him with Rep. Arthur Celeste, a provincemate of the Speaker.
By Jess Diaz and Delon Porcalla - PhilStar
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