Breakfast meetingsFurther, Duterte had scheduled a breakfast meeting for Monday, ahead of the House election at the opening of the 18th Congress. Another breakfast meeting will be hosted by Cayetano, apart from a meeting he also called on Sunday. Asked if he would vote for Cayetano, Velasco said: “Yes, of course.”“Based on my knowledge, there will be no surprise. “As far as I know, the speakership issue is not on the agenda of the breakfast meeting with (Paolo) Duterte. He just wants to meet the congressmen since he is new in the House,” Velasco said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 21, 2019 22:41 UTC