With just two weeks to go before the 15th Congress opens, the Liberal Party (LP) and its "allies" in the majority coalition have started scrambling for key committees in the House of Representatives.
But Quezon City Representative and the party’s candidate for House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said there would be no LP monopoly on key committees, adding they would base committee chairmanships on experience and seniority.
"Ito nag-a-assign ng (we are assigning) responsibilities to various people who will be in charge of various committees not only among Liberals but among all those who compose the majority coalition. All important positions are being parceled out among the component coalition partners," Belmonte said in an interview on dwIZ radio.
"We talk to the prospective chairpersons on who will be more qualified to lead this or that committee. We will take into consideration factors like experience and seniority," he added.
The 15th Congress formally opens on July 26, with President Benigno Aquino III delivering his first State of the Nation Address before a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives.
When asked how many committee chairmanships are being deliberated on, Belmonte said, "marami (plenty)."
He said the LP is the lead group in the majority coalition that includes members of the Nacionalista Party, Nationalist People's Coalition and even Lakas-Kampi-CMD.
"We are the lead group in the coalition with NP, NPC and even Lakas who had moved over to our side are there, proposing a new majority. So (it is a) new majority. With the convening of Congress just around the corner, we are allocating and selecting the proper people to head the proper committees," he said.
Belmonte also admitted the administration will have a say in major committees.
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