Carpio was supposed to have claimed

Sara From Page 1 that certain Cabinet members pulled a fast

one on her father who brokered a speaker-
I Cayetano of Taguig and Lord Allan Velas- ship term-sharing arrangement between
co of Marinduque has altered her and her Cayetano arld Velasco.
party's position on the issuA. Defensor is a supporter of Leyte Rep.
Carpio and her brother Rep. Paolo Martin Romualdez, who was a candi.
Duterte of Davao City's fust district last date for speaker before the President
week objected to the Cayetano-Velasco recommended him to be maiority leader
division of the speaker's three years that instead.
was then being floated. "People should know that it was not
The President's daughter described it I who was in panic hours before the
as "counterproductive," saying "it will meeting in Malacaflang was supposed to
slow down the last three years of the ad- happen (on Monday). In fact, it was Rep.
ministration.of President Duterte."
THE PHILIPPINE STAR Defenspr who reached out to me thru
"We do not know why the term attomey Charo Munsayac, making last
sharing influencers do not seem to care minute requests for Rep. Romualdez, to
THURSDAY I JULY 'I1, 2OI9 '! what will happen to the House. They which I said that I will not interfere in that
just want to install a speaker and do matte4," Carpio said.

Sara still opposed

i not think about what comes after. Let us
She recalled that after the meeting in
leave the speaker issue tothe members Malacariang, Defensor "reached out again
I of the House of Representatives and the and I recognized that he was trying to light

to speaker term-sharing
By JESS DIAZ
I HNP's local affiliate led by Rep. Duterte. tion. . . should I have anything to say about
Davao Ctv Mavor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her Hugpong ng Pag-
babago (HNi) remain opposed to the scheme of spliiting the House
spe"["t's three-year term of olfice belween two aspirants
' "Yes, no chanee (in NHP's stand)," Carpio said in resPonse to a
ouestion on whe-ther the decision of her father, President Duterte
t'o broker a term-sharing ar.rangement between Reps Alan Peter
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political partieC, and that include HNP a fire about the term-sharing decision that
and HTL," Carpio said. came out of the meeting last Monday."
FITL is Hugp6ng ng Tawong Lungsod, "I played dumb to end the conversa-
. . The presidential..siblings had formed
what happened on July 8, I will not cow-
the Duterte Coalition "to unite the ardly hide behind an alleged 'panawagan'
House." They endorsed Rep. lsidro Ungab (call). I reiterate for Rep. Defensor to name
of Davao City's ihird district as a compro-
his source because I have a reputation to
mise candidate for speaker. protect and I have the right to confront a
Carpio also slammed former Arroyo person who is spreading disinformation.
cabinet member Mike Defensor, the Otherwise, we can all say that you are
primary nominee of party-list group your own source," she said.
Anakalusugan.
In a statement yesterdaf, Carpio urged Text message at party
Defensor "to stop sowing intrigue and to The te'xt message purportedly coming
name the source in his pronouncements from Carpio reportedly circulated among
to allow people to verify the truth of his congressrhen attending the appreiiation
claim." dinner tendered for former president a4d
"Give us the name of the neophyte '
former House speaker Gloria Macipagal
member of the House of Representatives Arrovo at The Manila Hotel on Tuesday,
from whom you received a text with a which was also attended by i6e President.
supposed message coming from me. A Actually the President arurounced ihe
responsible individual would have asked setup hg was endorsing for the speaker-
me if there is truth to the text," she said. shiplast Monday after Cayetano, Velasco
Defensor on Tuesday showed reporters and Romualdez failed to resolve the
a text messagepurportedly coming from issue on the speakership in spite of the
Carpio, and in which she was suppos- marathon meetings they held in Davao
edly urging congressmen to vote for the City over the weekend. - With Delon
speaker they support. Porcalla, Edith Regalado