House now has 30 deputy speakers
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 14) - The number of deputy speakers in the House of Representatives has increased to 30, just two months after Speaker Lord Allan Jay Velasco assumed the House leadership.
The chamber on Monday elected Cavite Rep. Strike Revilla as deputy speaker during the plenary session.
The deputy speakership is one of the top posts in the chamber. A deputy speaker has a voice and a vote in all committees.
Since Velasco took over last October, some allies of then Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano have been booted out of their posts as deputy speakers.