Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay—Sibugay’s 1st District Rep. Sharky Palma will sit as an ex-oficio member in all house committees after he was elected as deputy majority leader on Monday.
The 37-year-old Palma is now serving his second term as representative of the province’s first district comprising nine municipalities: Buug, Diplahan, Malangas, Imelda, Alicia, Payao, Mabuhay, Talusan and Olutanga.
He considers the position as a podium to take forward for the interest of his district and the province as well. “I will do my best for the interest of my beloved constituents.”
The elder son of Gov. Wilter Yap Palma, a lawyer by profession, is the only solon from the province re-elected as deputy majority leader for the second time.
He was deputy majority leader in the 17th Congress.
According to Section 17 of the House Rules of the House Representatives, a deputy majority leader assumes the duties and powers of the House Speaker in the absence of the latter.
