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.