Romualdez on 3 Dutertes seeking Senate seat: 'It's a democratic nation we live in'

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Following the announcement of Vice President Sara Duterte that her father and two brothers are all planning to run for the Senate in the 2025 elections, Speaker Martin Romualdez on Wednesday said every qualified Filipino has the right to do so.“It’s a democratic nation that we live in, so any Filipino has right provided that they have the proper qualifications to seek for higher office,” he said in an ambush interview at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute.

The Duterte-Romualdez row started last year when the House of Representatives removed over P1 billion worth of confidential funds, including P650 million for the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education , in the 2024 national budget. Vice President Duterte had said that “whoever is against confidential funds is against peace. Whoever is against peace is an enemy of the nation.

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