Meet the new House Speaker and Majority Leader 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellson QuismorioThe “Bright Boy” is now the Speaker of the House. During that Congress, Nacionalista Party (NP) member Cayetano served as Assistant Majority Leader and chairman of the Oversight Committee on Bases Conversion and the Sub-Committee on New Schools under the Committee on Basic Education. Right-hand manEvery House speaker needs a right-hand man to help him lead the huge chamber, and in Cayetano’s case, it’s Majority Floor Leader Leyte 1st District Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez. Cayetano and Romualdez were both handpicked by President Duterte for the positions of Speaker and Majority Leader, respectively.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 22, 2019 11:15 UTC