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Philippine Congress enters crisis over leadership standoff

by Jim GomezAaron Favila
| October 12, 2020 2:06 AM

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A large faction of Philippine legislators in the House of Representatives elected a new leader Monday, but the incumbent speaker declared the vote a “travesty” in a tense political standoff between two allies of the president.

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