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Ex-House Speaker Alvarez quits PDP-Laban party

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/11/15/20180922-davao-pantaleon-alvarez-3086-md.jpg"/><figcaption>Former House speaker and Davao Del Norte Congressman Pantaleon Alvarez visits his constituents in Tagum on September 22, 2018. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Former House Speaker and now Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez said Sunday he has resigned from ruling party PDP-Laban to pursue a voter&#x27;s education campaign.</p><p>Alvarez served as the party&#x27;s secretary-general for nearly half a decade.</p><p>PDP-Laban, which stands for Partido Demokratiko Pilipino - Lakas ng Bayan, currently has Sen. Aquilino &quot;Koko&quot; Pimentel III as its president, and President Rodrigo Duterte as chairman.</p><p>Alvarez said he was &quot;constrained to tender his irrevocable resignation from his position and membership in PDP-Laban effective immediately.&quot;</p><p>He said he has accepted to serve as the chairman of Reporma, a &quot;non-mainstream party not affiliated with any personality reportedly seeking the Presidency.&quot;</p><p>&quot;This way, the voter’s education campaign can proceed, and rightly be perceived, as politically neutral without risking possible backlash against PDP-Laban,&quot; he said.</p><p>In 2018, Alvarez was ousted as House Speaker and replaced by then-Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. The President&#x27;s daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, was widely credited for his removal.</p><p>The House coup came months after Duterte-Carpio slammed Alvarez for allegedly calling her a part of the opposition when she formed PDP-Laban&#x27;s regional party Hugpong ng Pagbabago.</p><p>Alvarez had denied Duterte-Carpio&#x27;s allegations, saying somebody might have just misheard him.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/18/18/duterte-sara-maneuvered-alvarezs-ouster-as-house-speaker">Duterte: Sara ‘maneuvered’ Alvarez&#x27;s ouster as House Speaker</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/09/23/20/stay-happy-ex-speaker-alvarez-tells-duterte-despite-lack-of-contact-since-ouster">&#x27;Stay happy,&#x27; Ex-Speaker Alvarez tells Duterte despite lack of contact since ouster</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dzNQQlAREgk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></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>Former House Speaker and now Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez said Sunday he has resigned from ruling party PDP-Laban to pursue a voter's education campaign.<br /> </p>

Former House Speaker and now Davao del Norte 1st District Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez said Sunday he has resigned from ruling party PDP-Laban to pursue a voter's education campaign.