'Reo.

Romualdez's de-
cision 'to join the speak-
ership derby is a welcome
development as far as the
countrv's economic man-
agers ind business lead-
ers are concerned. Rep.
Romualdez as Speaker is
good for the economy,"
said Satceda- who is se-
nior vice-cliair of the Romualdez Salceda
House committee on the position. But I am cludes United States,
wavs and means.
'salceda said Romual- China, India, Japan,
sorry to say thiE, Martin
Romualdez is a cut aboveGermany, Russia, Indo-
dez's knowledge and vast the rest. He iB primue nesia, Brazil, United
experience in the finan- inter Dares," Salceda said. Kingdoa, France, Mex-
cial markets and field of "He knows his eco- ico, Italy, Turkey, Ko-
economics would help nomics and he knows his rea, Spain, Saudi Ara-
expedite the enactmelt politics, too. Defrnitelv, bia, and Canada.
into laws of President 6e can unite the House The Albay solon cit-
I)uterte's economic re- of Representatives and ed the recent report of
form agenda. move us into paBsing vi- IHS Markit Asia-Pacihc
'Rep. Romualdez is tal economic measures chief economist Rajiv
not onlv a banker and needed to sustain the Biswas which predicts
economiit. He is also a country's economic that irr 2022, the coun-
lawyer who knows what grolith," he added. try will reach. the up-
are the legislative mea- At present, according per middle-income sta-
sures needed to propel to the 2018 estimate of tus as robust economic
the countrYs economy to the International Mon- growth trickles down to
greater heights," the Al- etary Fund, the econo- household incomes.
bay Iawmaker pointed my of the Philippines is The report noted
out. tbe world's 28th largest that the Philippine econ-
Romualdez holds a economy by Gross Do- omy is poised to double
Bachelor of Arts in Gov- mestic Product. Under bv 2026 en route to a
ernrnent from the Ivy the watch of President c:DP $t trillion by 2032.
League school, Cornell Duterte, the country re- "The Philippine
Ilniversitv. and a Certif- corded a GDP of P956 economy i6 definitely
icate of Special Studies bilion in 2018. oD the upswing. we
in AdminiBtration and Salceda said econom- need to austain the
$$s$ fi$r Management from Har. ic manasers and fiscal
vsrd tlniversitv. He also experts ihare the opin-
momentum and we all
need to help realize the
n r,sey Rep. Joey Sarte Salceda yesterday welcomed the entry of Leyte Representative- earned his Bichelor of ion that if the Philip- President's econorric
elect Marti-n Roiualdez in the sp-eakership race for the 18th Congress. sayilg the House Laws degree from the Dines can maintain its
Univer6ity of the Philip- frojected GDP Growth
reform agellda. The
House of Representd-
of Representatives needs a leader who will push for the passage of President Rodrigo pines. tives needs a leader
of 6.54o in the nett de-
who understands this
"All the candidates for cade, the tiger cub econ-
'Rody" Duterte's economrc Speaker in the 18th Con- omy might well be part challenge and is will-
gres6 are my friends. of the trillion-dollar ing to step up to the
They are all \irorthy of club, which currently i4- plate," Salceda said.

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