SEVERAL lawmakers in Northern Luzon confirmed on Monday that plans were afoot to oust House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Majority Floor Leader Ilocos Norte Rep. Rodolfo Fariñas.

One of the lawmakers who asked not to be identified said some representatives from Mindanao were going around Northern Luzon to gather support for their plan to install former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo as House leader. Fariñas, meanwhile, will be replaced by Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco of Marinduque.