Marilyn Cahatol

Security personnel inspect the House of Representatives session hall in this file photo. Congressmen and senators are battling for committee leaderships ahead of the opening of the 18th Congress in July. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/174814100050920190529-hor-congress-hall-9365-md.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Security personnel inspect the House of Representatives session hall in this file photo. Congressmen and senators are battling for committee leaderships ahead of the opening of the 18th Congress in July. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File </em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA<strong> (UPDATED) </strong>— Four of the six representatives-elect from the minority Liberal Party have indicated support for House Speaker Martin Romualdez to remain at the helm of the chamber, a House leader said.</p><p>This brings the total number of formal signatories to 278 out of 285 House members who have expressed their backing.</p><p>Pledges will still have to translate to votes when the 20th Congress convenes in July.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/20/garbin-major-political-parties-back-leadership-of-romualdez-in-20th-congress-1001">Garbin: Major political parties back leadership of Romualdez in 20th Congress</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>&#x27;ACROSS THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM&#x27;</strong></div><p>“What we are witnessing is no longer just support from traditional allies—it’s a political groundswell cutting across the entire spectrum,” said Deputy Speaker David “Jayjay” Suarez of Quezon.</p><p>Dominant party Lakas-CMD, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.&#x27;s Partido Federal ng Pilipinas, the Nacionalista Party, National Unity Party and Nationalist People&#x27;s Coalition, and the Party-list Coalition are currently in the &quot;supermajority&quot;.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/16/alyansa-campaign-manager-vp-impeachment-duterte-surrender-to-icc-cost-admin-slate-the-election-1953">Alyansa campaign manager: VP impeachment, Duterte surrender to ICC cost admin slate the election </a></div><p>The Liberal Party is associated with assassinated former Sen. Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. — an opposition leader during the dictatorship of Romualdez&#x27;s uncle, Ferdinand Marcos — and with former President Benigno Aquino III.</p><p>Senator-elect Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan, LP chair, is the sole party member at the Senate. </p><p>Earlier this week, Senator Risa Hontiveros of the LP-allied Akbayan party said she, Pangilinan, and Senator-Elect Bam Aquino <a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/21/hontiveros-there-will-be-a-progressive-alternative-in-2028-polls-1539">are in talks for a minority bloc in the Senate.</a></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eyNaBtFyRRc?si=jR1N1y5N9g662PL6" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>This brings the membership of the Romualdez-led “supermajority” to 278 out of 285 House members. Pledges will still have to translate to votes when the 20th Congress convenes in July.</p>

This brings the membership of the Romualdez-led “supermajority” to 278 out of 285 House members. Pledges will still have to translate to votes when the 20th Congress convenes in July.

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4 of 6 Liberals at House support Romualdez as speaker

Marilyn Cahatol,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 25, 2025 11:25 AM PHT

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Updated May 25, 2025 09:51 PM PHT

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