Velasco challenges Cayetano to resign by Oct. 14

Updated FRI · OCT 2, 2020 · 11:19 PM

Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco challenged Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano to resign on October 14.

Velasco urged Cayetano to honor a term-sharing agreement with him, which was brokered by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Cayetano offered his resignation during a plenary session but the House voted to keep him as Speaker.

Allies of Velasco have threatened to declare the speakership vacant if Cayetano does not step down after October 14.

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