OUSTED House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has finally accepted his fate as he and his successor, former president and Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, met on Wednesday.
While details of the meeting were not revealed to the public, Alvarez had already acknowledged Arroyo as the new Speaker of the House.
He also urged his colleagues to get back to work and move on for the country's sake.
In an unexpected move, majority members of House pushed for the ouster of Alvarez on Monday, the day President Rodrigo Duterte will deliver his third State of the Nation Address.
The power struggle at the lower house delayed the proceeding for more than an hour, and the President was made to wait in the holding room - he nearly walked out.
The Palace has already expressed its confidence that Arroyo will use her skills and experience in pushing for the legislative agenda of Duterte.
"We look forward to Speaker Arroyo's successful leadership in Congress, and through that, pushing the President's priority legislation in the Lower House," Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. said in a statement.
He said it was high time now that the Palace and the House now led by Arroyo work together for the betterment of the country.
He added the Palace is eager and ready to work with the new House leadership.
What's ironic is that the administration has a strong stance against graft and corruption, and yet the new Speaker was accused of plunder, corruption and election fraud when she was president from 2001 to 2010.
The ascension of Arroyo to the speakership, being the third most powerful official in the country, is a step back.
Filipinos always forget.