New House Speaker: Coup de etat in the House

The House of Representatives of the Philippines have installed a new speaker. The positions in the congress is really a numbers game. It does not matter who is a better servant but it matters who have the numbers.

For more information and updates:

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/79267/Mindanao-lawmaker-Nograles-is-new-Speaker

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20080205-116846/De_Venecia_ousted,_Nograles_is_Speaker

This is philippine politics.