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The speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines (Filipino: Ispiker ng Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas), more popularly known as the House speaker, is the presiding officer and the highest-ranking official of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives, as well as the fourth-highest official of the government of the Philippines.
The start of the 2018 State of the Nation Address of President Rodrigo Duterte on July 23, 2018, was delayed by almost half an hour [12] after the House of Representatives informally convened to install Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as House Speaker, with 161 members voting for her appointment.
Whenever a bicameral system is used, a lower house has existed under the name of the Philippine Assembly from 1907 to 1934. When a unicameral system is in use, the sole house of the legislature has been called as the National Assembly from 1935 to 1941 (the Commonwealth National Assembly) and from 1943 to 1944 (the Second Republic National ...
House Speaker Arroyo, Chinese President Xi Jinping (center), and Senate President Tito Sotto during a joint call of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives on November 21, 2018. Arroyo was elected as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. [100]
The Philippine Bill of 1902, a basic law, or organic act, of the Insular Government, mandated that once certain conditions were met a bicameral, or two-chamber, Philippine Legislature would be created with the previously existing, all-appointed Philippine Commission as the upper house and the Philippine Assembly as the lower house. This ...
On October 12, 2020, Lord Allan Velasco and some legislators convened at the Celebrity Sports Complex in Quezon City [25] and conducted a house session where positions including the speakership was declared vacant and appointed Velasco as house speaker. Velasco's camp claimed that 186 lawmakers voted for his appointment as house speaker.
The Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Kongreso ng Pilipinas) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines.It is bicameral, composed of an upper body, the Senate, and a lower body, the House of Representatives, [3] although colloquially, the term "Congress" commonly refers to just the latter.
Lord Allan Jay Quinto Velasco (born November 9, 1977) is a Filipino politician and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from October 12, 2020 to June 2022. [5]