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NOW on ANC: Let's talk about the most pressing issues on #ANCHeadstart with @iamkarendavila.

@iamkarendavila TODAY on Hot Copy: Albay Representative Joey Salceda #ANCHeadstart

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: I am here right now at Celebrity Sports Plaza. There are about 60 Congressmen here. I think the number of signatories is 167. The number of commitments is 187.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: It is not a "rump session." This is just a session in a place where we don't usually hold it.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: I expect the executive to recognize today's session.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: I think only the position of the Speaker will be moved to be declared vacant; the rest, in effect, will remain.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: Empirical challenge to Velasco to have the numbers to become speaker being met today.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: Clarifying who will be speaker will make legislation faster and ensure President's agenda will be approved.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: There is time to legally and constitutionally approve the budget between now and October 16.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: President's call for a special session was a repudiation of the suspension.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: Clarifying who is the House leader is in the interest of the public.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: Wala naman akong kontra kay Speaker Cayetano. Nagkataon lang na may gentleman's agreement.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda on budget: Kaya po ito ng Kongreso. Kaya po ng small group. Hindi magkaka-reenacted budget.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Salceda: There is a gentleman's agreement and 167 lawmakers support change in leadership.

@iamkarendavila TODAY on Hot Copy: Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles #ANCHeadstart

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: 2021 budget important to pandemic response and gov't efforts to eradicate hunger.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: We have to empower the people to get back on their own feet and feed their families.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: If a budget bill is certified as urgent by the President, hindi na kailangan na may physical copies of the budget on the congressmen's desks on the plenary.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: With a reenacted budget, we won't get the new programs across.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: A reenacted budget would affect the President's Zero Hunger Plan.

@iamkarendavila #ANCHeadstart Nograles: We are awaiting results of pilot run for antigen tests in Baguio City.