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to speaker term-sharing 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-
By JESS DIAZ
I HNP's local affiliate led by Rep. Duterte. tion. . . should I have anything to say about
. . The presidential..siblings had formed
Davao Ctv Mavor Sara Duterte-Carpio and her Hugpong ng Pag- what happened on July 8, I will not cow-
the Duterte Coalition "to unite the ardly hide behind an alleged 'panawagan'
babago (HNi) remain opposed to the scheme of spliiting the House House." They endorsed Rep. lsidro Ungab (call). I reiterate for Rep. Defensor to name
spe"["t's three-year term of olfice belween two aspirants of Davao City's ihird district as a compro-
' "Yes, no chanee (in NHP's stand)," Carpio said in resPonse to a his source because I have a reputation to
mise candidate for speaker. protect and I have the right to confront a
ouestion on whe-ther the decision of her father, President Duterte Carpio also slammed former Arroyo person who is spreading disinformation.
t'o broker a term-sharing ar.rangement between Reps Alan Peter cabinet member Mike Defensor, the Otherwise, we can all say that you are
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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