LOOK: Arroyo, Alvarez meet for the first time after House leadership row
House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez met on Wednesday morning for the first time since a dramatic power shift happened in the House of Representatives on Monday.
The former President-turned-Pampanga representative met ousted Speaker Alvarez at his office, Pampanga 3rd District Rep. Aurelio “Dong” Gonzales Jr. said.
Gonzales, as reported by Radyo Inquirer 990, said Arroyo offered her office to Alvarez, which is just beside the Speaker’s office. Alvarez meanwhile requested that he leave his room on Monday.
On Monday, Arroyo took Alvarez’s post after 184 House members elected her as the new Speaker. She ended Alvarez’s two-year grip on the post, becoming the first woman to hold the post in the country’s history. /vvp
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