Published July 19, 2021, 11:25 AM
The planned September assembly of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) organized by the camp of Senator Manny Pacquiao would be illegal, recently-elected party secretary general Melvin Matibag said on Monday, July 19.
“That’s going to be illegal. It will be illegal because it is clear in our constitution that a national council meeting can only be called upon the order of the party chairman in coordination with the party president,” said Matibag in Filipino in an interview on GMA-7’s Unang Hirit.
“For now, if we are going to have a national council meeting, it should be called by President Duterte in coordination with Secretary Alfonso Cusi,” said Matibag, whose election to his current party post has not been recognized by the PDP-Laban faction headed by Pacquiao.