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Agatha Gregorio

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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/1758008196111548505875_1376974607123314_1138486383512839140_n (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Kiko Barzaga, Facebook </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Cavite Fourth District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga said Tuesday he wanted to take the House speakership from Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez — a plan which he said drew “mixed reactions” from their colleagues.</p><p>“I’m a very open person. I’m telling this now. I am going to take Speaker Romualdez’s speakership,” Barzaga said. </p><p>“And I hope Majority Leader Sandro Marcos won’t hold it against me and won’t stand in my way,” he added, referring to Romualdez’s nephew.  </p><p>Barzaga said he spoke to “almost everyone” in plenary and one or two of his colleagues showed support for his speakership bid.</p><p>“We’re getting the numbers. We have one now–two… I&#x27;m not collecting signatures… Almost lahat sa plenary nakausap ko na. Mixed reactions. Some are open to it. Some are supportive. And some wish to continue supporting Speaker Romualdez,” Barzaga told reporters.  </p><p>He added that National Unity Party Chairperson Ronaldo Puno was “mostly correct” when he said that Barzaga went to House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos for his campaign. </p><p>&quot;But the offering of deputy speakers is incorrect. What I said was that if elected speaker, I will build a House where every political group and every political belief will have a deputy speaker to represent them instead of the deputy speaker system we have now where everyone, where all the deputy speakers are close and connected to the House Speaker, Martin Romualdez,&quot; Barzaga said.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:560px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" title="X Post" 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href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/16/-wag-kang-meow-ng-meow-garin-nagsalita-sa-ugali-ni-rep-kiko-barzaga-1126">&#x27;Wag kang meow ng meow&#x27;: Garin nagsalita sa ugali ni Rep. Kiko Barzaga</a></div><p>Barzaga said the possible ethics complaint against him was a &quot;rash decision&quot;.</p><p>He said that under the House Ethics Committee rules, “I don&#x27;t think I could be held liable for postings I made before I became a member of the House of Representatives.</p><p>The lawmaker said he was “willing to lose my position as a House representative if the Ethics Committee views it as necessary and just.” </p>

<p>Cavite Fourth District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga said Tuesday he wanted to take the House speakership from Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez — a plan which he said drew “mixed reactions” from their colleagues.</p>

Cavite Fourth District Rep. Francisco “Kiko” Barzaga said Tuesday he wanted to take the House speakership from Leyte First District Rep. Martin Romualdez — a plan which he said drew “mixed reactions” from their colleagues.

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Barzaga wants to ‘take’ speakership from Romualdez

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published Sep 16, 2025 03:44 PM PHT

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Updated Sep 16, 2025 03:58 PM PHT

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