EFFECTIVELY, A coup pal in the ouster of Pantaleon Alvarez having voted for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, his long-time patron, to become Speaker.
Now, Rep. Danilo Suarez has been recognized by the plenary of the House as minority leader.
So, since when did the choice of the minority leader, subjected to the approval of the plenary?
The tyranny of numbers, cried the “real” minority parties at this “abject violation of House rules,” at this “perversion of the democratic check-and-balance system” with Suarez’s hold to the minority leader post.
The minority reduced to mere company union, so many pundits declared.
The Philippines’ own version of the United Kingdom’s “her majesty’s loyal opposition,” we would rather say.
