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By Julie Aurelio, PDI

Quezon City congressman-elect and incumbent mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said on Tuesday he has started the groundwork for his House speakership bid and has just been waiting for the go-signal of the Liberal Party.

In an interview on the sidelines of the canvassing of election returns Tuesday morning at the Quezon City Hall, Belmonte said he had talked to some party mates about his plans for the House speakership.

“”In the meantime I’ve been talking to some of my party mates, doing a bit of PR work,” the outgoing mayor jested with reporters.

Belmonte will be stepping down from the mayoral post on June 30 to assume his post as congressman of Quezon City’s fourth district.

“Well if the Liberal Party gives me the go-signal to try out for the House speakership, definitely I will do it,” he said, adding that the support of his partymates would be important.

Belmonte could face President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who has been leading her rivals by a mile in Pampanga’s second congressional district race amid reports that the Lakas-Kampi CMD would most probably field her in the speakership race.

as a liberal party supporter, i'll go with belmonte

it would be interesting though who our elected congressmen will vote for. before you say arroyo, have a read first on this opinion from Neal Cruz of PDI http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100514-269824/Belmonte-will-be-new-speaker

anyone but gma!

 DOWN with GLORIA AYYOKOnah!.....After all there's still a WIND of CHANGE...

if GMA wins...she could protect herself from a backlash of past misdeeds, and have control on the porkbarrel of all the congressmen...and may withhold all allocations or releases to projects that are intended for the constituents, if they do not bow down to her wishes...

She can then make the president inutile by, fighting every step of the way any and all actions by the president...from budget to allocations to requested appropriations...porbida...

then she can initiate charter change...

MAO NA NI...

grabe gyud ang politics sa atoa kay wala pa gani nakalingkod, daghan na og plans. why not concentrate in finishing their jobs sa pagkakaron........ daghan pa gyud unta projects magama in a span of one month plus

ma-utak si Ate Glow, she still shines inspite of her bad records of corruption.

Espeso ang utok unja baga og nawong--a deadly combination...

Be vigilant... express your sentiments when the need arises...do not be complacent...

MAO NA NI...