Alvarez: They’re no ‘balimbings,’ they’re with us for change

DAVAO del Norte Representative Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez, the presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s pick for Speaker, defended the political bigwigs who defected to the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), which is poised to become the ruling party. In an interview after his meeting with the northern Luzon bloc lawmakers Wednesday afternoon, Alvarez said he would rather not call the newly minted PDP-Laban members as “balimbings” or political butterflies.


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