00:01House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos leaves Partido Federal, his father President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s party, and joins LaCas CMD.
00:08LaCas is the party of his uncle and mentor, former Speaker Martin Romualdez.
00:13A source tells Rappler, the younger Marcos took his oath before LaCas member and Kamigin representative J.J. Romualdo at
00:19the House of Representatives on Monday, October 11.
00:21Marcos' office has kept the move low-key, providing no press release or photo handout of the oath-taking.
00:27No reason was given for his party transfer, which comes weeks after its president, Romualdez, was arrested for plunder in
00:33connection with flood control and national budget corruption scandal.
00:36The party has not distanced itself from Romualdez despite the controversy.
00:40LaCas remains the biggest contingent in the House with around 60 members, although its numbers are down from its peak
00:46of more than 100 members in the 19th Congress.
