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[PODCAST] Duterte’s role in the Cayetano-Velasco Speakership tussle

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[PODCAST] Duterte’s role in the Cayetano-Velasco Speakership tussle
Is President Duterte the puppeteer who holds the strings? Or was he just a mere observer of Speaker Cayetano's political moves?

It was a scene worthy of Game of Thrones.

House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano managed to wrestle and keep his powerful position out of reach of Marinduque Representative Lord Allan Velasco, despite President Rodrigo Duterte hoping the Taguig congressman would give way to Velasco.

To top it off, Duterte himself did not seem to mind the manuever.

So who was in control? Has Duterte become a lame-duck president, unable to impose his will on his Congress allies? Or were the events that unfolded to his advantage?

Rappler Malacañang reporter Pia Ranada speaks to veteran journalist and Duterte biography author Earl Parreño about the part Duterte played in the latest Speakership saga.

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– Rappler.com

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