House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he respects Vice President Sara Duterte’s decision to step down from her Cabinet post but he has yet to recognize assertions that she is the new face of the opposition.
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00:00House Speaker Martin Romualdez says he respects Vice President Sara Duterte's decision to step down from her cabinet post,
00:07but he has yet to recognize assertions that she is the new face of the opposition.
00:11This after Duterte ally Harry Roca said the vice president could be the new opposition leader after her resignation on Wednesday, June 19.
00:19Romualdez says he just has to, quote, hear it from the VP.
00:23The two hit a rough patch in the lead-up to the vice president's resignation.
00:27Duterte and Romualdez last saw each other during the 2023 budget hearings when Duterte requested for P650 million in confidential funds.
00:36In 2023, Duterte's political allies were also demoted from their senior roles at the House.
00:42In January, Duterte claimed she was on the receiving end of, quote, despicable treatment from within the president's circle.