MALACANANG on Thursday announced that it was "eager and ready to work with the new House leadership" as it formally congratulated Pampanga 2nd District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on her election as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.

"We are confident that Speaker Arroyo would put her considerable skills and experience behind [President Rodrigo Duterte's] agenda," Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said in a statement on Thursday.

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