Speaker: Being PM via Cha-cha not a priority

Speaker Martin Romualdez yesterday defended himself against Sen. Imee Marcos’ insinuations that he is pushing for Charter change (Cha-cha) even if there are many problems besetting the country because he wants to be prime minister.

- Delon Porcalla

“We’re OK, but that’s her own opinion, and (being the PM) is not among the priority measures of the House. But she’s entitled to her own opinion, whether it is right or wrong,” Romualdez said in an interview on radio station dzRH.

The leader of the House of Representatives, who is a maternal first cousin of the senator and President Marcos, cited the case of the Maharlika Investment Fund which she vehemently opposed, but was nonetheless passed by Imee’s colleagues at the Senate.