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Mark Villar resigns from House of Representatives

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<figure class="op-interactive"><div style="padding-top:66.375%"><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="1467107" 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></div></figure><p>Mark Villar has officially resigned from the House of Representatives as he takes his new role as Public Works and Highways Secretary.</p><p>His wife, DIWA Party-list representative Emmeline Aglipay-Villar, has been assigned as caretaker representative of Las Piñas by House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez.</p><p>However, there will soon be a special elections in Las Piñas to determine Villar&#x27;s official replacement at the House of Representatives.</p><p>Villar on Monday took his oath as DPWH secretary in Malacañang.</p><p>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/01/16/mark-villar-rj-jacinto-other-officials-take-oath">Mark Villar, RJ Jacinto, other officials take oath</a></p><p>Villar, whose family owns a group of real estate companies, earlier vowed not to use his position to grab Private-Public Partnership (PPP) projects.</p><p>Villar&#x27;s family owns listed property developer Vista Land and bulk water supplier Prime Water Infrastructure, headed by his father, former Senator Manny Villar.</p>

Mark Villar has resigned from the House of Representatives as he takes his new role as Public Works and Highways Secretary.