THE election of former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as the first female speaker of the House of Representatives may be viewed as either a turning point or a regression in Philippine history. But it comes at a crucial period in which the political class decides the country’s future course.

That the House, historically one of the most unpopular institutions of government, needed a leadership change was not in question.

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