House Speaker
In early 2008, several members of Congress dissatisfied with the leadership of House Speaker Jose de Venecia expressed support for Nograles as the new Speaker. Shortly after midnight, February 5, 2008, the House of Representatives approved a motion to declare the position of House Speaker as vacant. Several minutes later, de Venecia nominated Nograles to be his replacement. Nograles was immediately elected as Speaker after no other representative was nominated to the post and no objection was posed to his election.
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