Several LP members jump ship, join PDP-Laban | Inquirer News

Several LP members jump ship, join PDP-Laban

By: - Reporter / @MAgerINQ
/ 02:00 PM June 02, 2016

Several members of the Liberal Party (LP) have joined the growing Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

Among those who jumped ship from the LP to PDP-Laban on Thursday were Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, Leyte Rep. Lucy Torres, Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, and Iloilo Rep. Jerry Treñas.

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Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Duterte’s anointed candidate for Speaker in the 17th Congress, was present when the LP members signed their membership with PDP-Laban.

READ: NUP, Duterte’s PDP-Laban formalize alliance

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Duterte and Alvarez are chairman and secretary-general of PDP-Laban, respectively.

Before this, the PDP-Laban signed a coalition agreement with the National Unity Party with 32 members in the House. CDG/rga

READ: LP losing power quickly

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