Yedda Romualdez returns to House for fourth term

Former Tingog party-list Representative Yedda Romualdez will return to the House of Representatives in the 20th Congress following changes in her party's nominee list.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) confirmed on July 18 that Marie Josephine Calatrava, Alexis Yu, and Paul Muncada have resigned as third, fourth, and fifth nominees respectively, paving the way for Romualdez to be proclaimed as Tingog Sinirangan Party-List's new nominee.

This development means Romualdez will join her husband Speaker Martin Romualdez and their son Andrew Julian in representing Tingog Sinirangan Party-List in Congress.

Tingog won three seats in the May elections, finishing third in the party-list race along with Akbayan and Duterte Youth, though Duterte Youth's proclamation has been suspended pending a petition questioning its accreditation.

With this change, Yedda Romualdez will serve her fourth consecutive term in the House of Representatives, although it is her first term under the Party-List System since 2019.

Comelec Chair George Garcia confirmed that Romualdez remains among Tingog's final list of nominees submitted to the commission under the Party-List System Act.