00:01Former President and Pampanga Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo disputes reports she's allegedly orchestrating the ouster of House Speaker Boji D.
00:09In a statement on Friday, April 10, she says, quote, I reaffirm my confidence in his leadership.
00:14She adds their mutual support, which began many years ago with his late father, remains unbroken.
00:19Several news outfits, citing an unnamed source, report that Vice President Sara Duterte was convincing her ally, Arroyo, to make
00:26a bid for the speakership.
00:27Arroyo does not have the numbers to oust D.
00:30The rumor comes on the heels of the first public impeachment hearing against Duterte on April 14.
00:35This is not the first time Arroyo has been accused of plotting to oust a Speaker.
00:39She was installed as the Speaker of the House in 2018 after a successful coup against Pantaleon Álvarez.
00:45In 2023, she was stripped of the Deputy Speakership amid persistent rumors she was plotting to unseat then-Speaker Martin
00:52Romualdez.
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