Published March 17, 2021, 2:35 PM
House Asst. Majority Leader and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo on Wednesday, March 17 doused cold water to speculations that he was intentionally removed as vice chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations – a move seen by observers as an indication of a falling out between Speaker Lord Allan Velasco and Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
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Arroyo, currently chairman of the House Committee on Energy, is a member of Lakas-CMD headed by Romualdez as party president. He is the son of the party founder, former president and former speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.