Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said during a Tuesday television appearance that the vote against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the Republican nominee for Speaker, was nearly as consequential as standing up against the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. “This is almost as big in my mind of a moment as standing up against…
Thailand’s politics is now in a pivotal phase after the announcement by royal decree last week that the next session of Parliament will begin on July 3, after which the House Speaker is expected to be elected.
Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales Jr. on Friday filed a measure proposing longer terms for the president, vice president, members of the House of Representatives, and local officials. Resolution of Both Houses No. 1 urges the Senate and the House of Representatives to convene into a Constituent Assembly (Con-Ass) to amend the term of office of the President and other elective officials. Gonzales proposed in the resolution that the terms of office for presidents and vice presidents be fixed at five years with one reelection, instead of the present six years without reelection. Gonzales argued that the current six-year term to implement long-term programs and policies appears to be "insufficient". "We are now on our road to recovery having more than 12 trillion-peso national debt due to the Covid-19 pandemic and most recently the high prices of fuel due to the Russia-Ukraine war. A long-term solution is wanting, hence,
THANKFUL. Vice President-elect Sara Duterte and incoming House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez during the latter's oath-taking as Leyte First District representative on Wednesday (June 15, 2022). Duterte thanked Romualdez for helping her win in the May 9 elections.(Lakas- CMD photo) TACLOBAN CITY - Vice President-elect Sara Duterte publicly thanked the incoming House Speaker Martin Romualdez for helping her win in the May 9 elections as she attended the latter's oath-taking here on Wednesday. During her brief speech, Duterte said she attended the oath-taking of Romualdez to thank the powerful clan for their support especially since she did not make it to the grand rallies of their team in the region last April. "I would like to thank Romualdez for taking me in the Lakas-CMD (Christian Muslim Democrats) and accepting the challenge as one of my two campaign managers. You did very well. I thank you for your genuine love," said Duterte during the event at the Remedios
Philippine Senate (File photo) MANILA - Some Filipino voters may be wondering why only 12 members of the Senate are elected every three years when there are actually 24 senators attending the opening of Congress on the fourth Monday of July following the polls. The answer is in the 27-Section Transitory Provisions of the 1987 Constitution, particularly in Section 2 of Article XVIII which states that "senators, members of the House of Representatives, and the local officials first elected under this Constitution shall serve until noon of June 30, 1992. Of the senators elected in the election in 1992, the first 12 obtaining the highest number of votes shall serve for six years (full term) and the remaining 12 for three years". Half of the 24 senators (Nos. 1 to 12) elected in May 1992 were retained until June 30, 1998, while the other half (Nos. 13 to 24) were replaced in the 1995 polls. In turn, the 12 senators who were elected in May 1995 stayed in the Senate for the next six