Speakership candidates vow equal treatment for partylist solons 0 SHARES Share it! 1Pacman Partylist Rep. Mikey Romero, newly-elected PCI president, said all three candidates for speaker aired their concern over the common complaint of partylist solons of being treated as “second class citizens” in the chamber. Romero said the feeling of being left out or discriminated upon is common among the past and current crop of party-list representatives. “We talked about being considered second class citizens in Congress and how to go about it. Velasco, Romualdez, and Cayetano pledged to treat the party-list organization members equally and fairly under their respective leadership of the chamber.

Source: Manila Bulletin May 23, 2019 12:46 UTC