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Ferdinand Martin Gomez Romualdez is the third child of former Leyte Governor and Ambassador to the United States Benjamin Romualdez and Juliette Gomez-Romualdez. [6] [7] [8] His father was once named by Forbes as the 30th richest man in the Philippines with a net worth of ₱3.3 billion, which the Presidential Commission on Good Government claimed was ill-gotten. [9]
The first chairman of Tingog was Leyte Governor Edgardo Enerlan and Leyte congressman Martin Romualdez. It was accredited on August 19, 2015, by the Commission on Elections as a party-list organization making it eligible to seek party-list representation in the House of Representatives as early as the 2016 elections. [3]
[3] [4] Media outlets have noted that a number of positions in the house leadership were assigned to representatives related to the Marcos family, including senior deputy majority leader Sandro Marcos, the son of President Marcos, and chair of the accounts committee Yedda Marie Romualdez, the wife of Speaker Romualdez. [5] [6]
Echoing the president's concerns, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said the vice-president's statement was "reckless" and "dangerous." "It sends a chilling message to our people, a message that ...
It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Martin Romualdez of the Lakas–CMD (Lakas), who has served as the House Speaker since July 2022. [ 4 ] Until 1931, it consisted of the sub-province of Biliran and the northwestern municipalities of Albuera , Baybay , Calubian , Leyte , Merida , Ormoc , Palompon , San Isidro , and Villaba .
Since the 2022 elections, Lakas–CMD is currently the biggest party in the House of Representatives, with the party's president, Martin Romualdez, serving as Speaker of the House. [2] The party is a dominant member of the Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas led by President Bongbong Marcos.
[22] [23] Imee Marcos accused House Speaker Martin Romualdez of spearheading the initiative for Charter change and questioned the initiative's motives, saying the restrictive economic provisions have already been addressed in the past Congress through the enactment of the Retail Trade Act, Foreign Investments Act, and Public Service Act. [17]
Martin Romualdez (Leyte–1st) was designated as the caretaker of the district. [7] Election results. 2022. 2022 Philippine House of Representatives election in ...