House Makabayan members join Liberal Party-led minority bloc

Makabayan opposition members of the House of Representatives have officially joined the Liberal Party-led minority group at the chamber.

LP member Marikina Rep. Romero Quimbo wrote a letter to Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Monday, formally stating their intent to organize as the minority group.

A total 22 lawmakers, including previously independent Makabayan members, are already members of the bloc.

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The Makabayan opposition bloc earlier said they were ready to unite with a minority group that is ready to oppose what they label as President Rodrigo Duterte’s alleged “dictatorship” and the administration’s supposed “anti-people” policies, especially the proposed Charter change.    /vvp

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