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'We have delivered': Romualdez welcomes Lakas-CMD's tag as dominant majority party

Published Mar 6, 2025 06:20 am

At A Glance

  • House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed with pride the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) recognition of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) as the dominant majority party in the country ahead of the mid-term polls.

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House Speaker Martin Romualdez welcomed with pride the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) recognition of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) as the dominant majority party in the country ahead of the mid-term polls.

Romualdez, Leyte's 1st district congressman, is Lakas-CMD's President.

"Lakas-CMD welcomes the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) recognition of our party as the dominant majority party for the 2025 mid-term elections. This is a significant moment for us—not just as a political organization, but as a team that has consistently worked to move the country forward," he said in a statement Thursday, March 6.

Romualdez said Lakas "has been here before". 

"We have led, we have governed, and we have delivered. Our party has produced two Presidents and played a major role in shaping policies that strengthened the economy, improved national security, and built critical infrastructure," he said, referring to former presidents Fidel V. Ramos and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. 

Romualdez is the cousin of President Marcos, chairman of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP).

Although PFP leads the expansive administration coalition, its true muscle is the more established Lakas-CMD under Romualdez.

This has been evident in how Romualdez and the majority members of the House have gone all-out in supporting Marcos' policy pronouncements, including his overarching "Bagong Pilipinas" battlecry.

"We have always believed that leadership is about producing real results, not just holding positions," the Speaker said.

"Now, with the Bagong Pilipinas agenda at the center of the administration’s vision, this recognition carries even greater weight. Bagong Pilipinas is about transformation—about making government work more efficiently, ensuring that economic growth is felt by ordinary Filipinos, and restoring trust in public institutions," he said.

Now, as the dominant political party, Lakas-CMD will "[take] on the responsibility of pushing legislation and policies that align with these goals", Romualdez said.

"Mabuhay ang Lakas-CMD! Mabuhay ang Bagong Pilipinas! (Long live Lakas-CMD! Long live the Bagong Pilipinas!)" he added.

 

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