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Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><div id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container"> <ivs-player id="IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1" data-ivs-spid="3001339" data-ivs-key="e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603" data-ivs-vid="1428218" data-ivs-floating="1"></ivs-player> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js"></script> <script src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js"></script> </div></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="~//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="~//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -<strong> (2ND UPDATE) </strong>Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday said he would ask the Supreme Court to settle the disputed minority leadership.</p><p>Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, who is currently recognized as minority leader, should be part of the majority since he pushed for the election of Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as speaker, he said.</p><p>&quot;Definitely, I’ll go to the Supreme Court because they are now violating jurisprudence as laid down by the Supreme Court,&quot; Fariñas told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/18/battle-continues-for-house-minority-leadership">Battle continues for House minority leadership </a></li></ul><p>Suarez&#x27;s group is seeking to maintain the status quo in the minority despite 14 of its 17 members voting for Arroyo in place of former Speaker and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez.</p><p>Fariñas said ABS Party-list Rep. Eugene De Vera should be minority leader since he was the lone deputy minority leader who did not vote for Arroyo.</p><p>Marikina Rep. Miro Quimbo also leads a bloc of Liberal Party and Makabayan lawmakers, who claim to be the legitimate minority.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/08/01/0801-farinas-de-vera.jpg"/></figure></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/18/minority-leadership-row-a-test-for-speaker-arroyo-lp-solon">Minority leadership row a test for Speaker Arroyo: LP solon</a></li></ul><p>Fariñas stepped down as majority leader when Arroyo took over from Alvarez last week. Camarines Sur Rep. <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/30/18/andaya-named-new-house-majority-leader">Rolando Andaya Jr.</a> was named his successor on Monday.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/31/18/sign-from-heaven-how-alvarezs-ouster-unfolded">&#x27;Sign from heaven&#x27;: How Alvarez&#x27;s ouster unfolded</a></li>	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/18/farias-blasts-deception-premeditation-in-house-coup">Fariñas blasts &#x27;deception, premeditation&#x27; in House coup</a></li></ul><div><strong>QUIMBO CANNOT BE MINORITY LEADER</strong></div><p>Fariñas said Quimbo could not be minority leader and deputy speaker at the same time.</p><p>Under House rules, the speaker, 6 deputy speakers, the secretary-general, and the sergeant-at-arms are elected by a majority vote of the plenary.</p><p>The officers are to hold office &quot;until the term of the Congress in which they were elected ends unless they resign, are removed from office, or are permanently incapacitated to perform their duties,&quot; the rules read.</p><p>&quot;Miro Quimbo has not resigned. He has not been removed. He is not permanently incapacitated as he is walking around doing the media rounds, and his seat has not been declared vacant,&quot; said Fariñas.</p><p>There was no mention of resignation in Quimbo&#x27;s letter to Arroyo dated 25 July 2018, where he informed the House leadership that he headed an &quot;organizational meeting&quot; of 12 &quot;House Members from the Minority.&quot;</p><p>In a text message to Headstart anchor Karen Davila during the interview, Quimbo said Fariñas was &quot;wrong.&quot;</p><p>&quot;That letter is a clear expression of a resignation. WRONG. I DO NOT NEED ACCEPTANCE. ONLY FOR CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, NOT POLITICAL,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday said he would ask the Supreme Court to settle the disputed minority leadership.</p>

Former House Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas on Wednesday said he would ask the Supreme Court to settle the disputed minority leadership.

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Fariñas to seek Supreme Court intervention in House minority war

Trishia Billones,

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Published Aug 01, 2018 09:48 AM PHT

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Updated Aug 01, 2018 01:21 PM PHT

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