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Harlene Delgado

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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/175808501026920220205-house-impeach-vp-duterte-MT-1.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">House Speaker Martin Romualdez, February 5, 2025. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Malacañang said Wednesday that House Speaker Martin Romualdez would not be spared in the investigation into the flood control mess even if he resigns.</p><p>Several House leaders have confirmed that Romualdez would step down from his post and recommended House Deputy Speaker and Isabela Sixth District Rep. <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/16/romualdez-to-resign-as-speaker-bojie-dy-set-to-replace-him-sources-2233">Faustino &quot;Bojie&quot; Dy III </a>to replace him. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/17/speaker-martin-romualdez-stepping-down-confirms-puno-0806">Speaker Martin Romualdez stepping down, confirms Puno</a></div><p>“Kung masasangkot man ang kanyang pangalan at maipapakitang ebidensya laban sa kanya, mas magandang ito ay kanyang depensahan sa pamamagitan ng mga records na maaari niyang ipakita,” Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said.</p><p>“Mag-resign o hindi mag-resign maaari pa rin siyang maimbestigahan”, she said in a Palace press briefing.</p><p>The Palace official confirmed that Romualdez met with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, but she declined to divulge the details of what transpired during the meeting.</p><p>“Ang maiko-confirm ko lamang po ay nagkita po sila ng pangulo at kung ano ang napag-usapan nila hindi po natin masasabi,” Castro noted. </p><div><a href="https://abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/15/marcos-romualdez-allies-will-not-be-spared-in-independent-probe-on-flood-control-projects-1039">Marcos: Romualdez, allies ‘will not be spared’ in independent probe on flood control projects </a></div><p>“Sa ngayon ay wala po tayong masasabi hindi pa naman po yata nagre-resign si Speaker Romualdez so tingnan na lamang po natin kung ano ang susunod na magaganap,” she added.</p><p>Castro added that they welcome Romualdez’s potential resignation if it is to save the integrity of the House of the Representatives and to ensure independence of the flood control fiasco inquiry.</p><p>“If ever man po na mag-resign si Speaker Romualdez at ito po ay para maging malaya ang pag-iimbestiga lalo’t nababanggit nga ang kanyang pangalan, magiging maayos po ito at katanggap-tanggap kung ang kanyang dahilan po ay para maisalba rin po ang integridad ng institusyon at para nga sa isang malayang pag-iimbestiga,” she noted.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NkTpk3aI0rg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTz8aDj5HNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Malacañang said Wednesday that House Speaker Martin Romualdez would not be spared in the investigation into the flood control mess even if he resigns.</p>

Malacañang said Wednesday that House Speaker Martin Romualdez would not be spared in the investigation into the flood control mess even if he resigns.

Palace says Romualdez won’t evade accountability over flood control fiasco if he resigns

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Palace says Romualdez won’t evade accountability over flood control fiasco if he resigns

Harlene Delgado,

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Published September 17, 2025 01:01 PM PHT

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Updated September 17, 2025 01:06 PM PHT

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