40 Facts About Pantaleon Alvarez

Pantaleon Diaz Alvarez was born on January 10,1958 and is a Filipino lawyer and politician serving as the Representative of Davao del Norte's 1st district since 2016, previously holding the position from 1998 to 2001.

Pantaleon Alvarez served as the Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2018.

Pantaleon Alvarez served as the Secretary of Transportation and Communications in the Cabinet of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from 2001 to 2002.

Pantaleon Alvarez is a stern advocate to shift the current centralized set-up of the Philippines into a federal form, pushing for the establishment of an indigenous state in Luzon and an indigenous state in Mindanao.

In 2017, Pantaleon Alvarez proposed a new set-up to spearheaded federalism in the Philippines.

Pantaleon Alvarez was born on January 10,1958 to Eliseo Pantaleon Alvarez and Nicolasa Diaz.

Pantaleon Alvarez then studied law and graduated from the Ateneo de Manila Law School in 1983.

Pantaleon Alvarez was in private law practice from 1984 to 1986.

Pantaleon Alvarez then became an action officer at the Manila International Airport Authority.

Pantaleon Alvarez served as vice-chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Communication and was a member of nine other congressional committees.

Pantaleon Alvarez was re-elected as congressman in 2019 and in 2022.

Pantaleon Alvarez is running for vice governor of Davao del Norte in 2025 under Partido Reporma.

Pantaleon Alvarez allegedly used information gained by his position to preempt the bidding process by creating a company called Wintrack which the board awarded a major sub-contract for the project's site development and excavation work.

Pantaleon Alvarez stated that it was unfair for the members who cooperated with him and the President to receive funding less than those representatives.

Various members of the House of Representatives were alarmed and pointed out the dictatorial and vengeful nature of the Duterte administration and the alacrity in the leadership of Pantaleon Alvarez in perpetuating it.

Pantaleon Alvarez stated that he did not care whether the provinces, agencies and local governments affected by his budget cuts would suffer and told the people to blame their representatives instead who refused to follow what Duterte wanted.

Pantaleon Alvarez stated that "grumbling members" should either leave or he will "take care" of them.

Pantaleon Alvarez was an advocate for the secession of all of Mindanao from the Philippines.

Pantaleon Alvarez is in favor of extending the martial law in Mindanao until 2022, the end of Rodrigo Duterte's term, citing the threat of terrorism and insurgency in Mindanao.

Pantaleon Alvarez has threatened to dissolve the Court of Appeals and to disbar CA Special Fourth Division, Stephen Cruz, Edwin Sorongon and Nina Antonino-Valenzuela, for granting the habeas corpus petition of six Ilocos Norte officials under their custody for the investigation regarding the "Tobacco Funds" issue.

Pantaleon Alvarez has repeatedly publicly campaigned for the abolition of the Court of Appeals, stating that the said court only allowed lawyers to use delaying tactics and gives corrupt judges ways to abuse their power.

Pantaleon Alvarez stated that in the federalism set-up he's proposing, he will create special courts that will allow him to dispense speedier "justice".

Mandy Anderson, a BOC official, said that Pantaleon Alvarez had been using his position as a lawmaker to urge BOC commissioner Nicanor Faeldon to appoint Pantaleon Alvarez's recommendations.

Pantaleon Alvarez denied Anderson's claims, saying that he does not know the customs officers whose promotion he endorsed except through their resumes.

That it was only during after he became Speaker that Pantaleon Alvarez had completely broke off relations with her.

Pantaleon Alvarez expressed her longstanding support for him, having been by his side since 1988 and even campaigning for him in Davao del Norte.

Pantaleon Alvarez refuted her husband's claim that he's from the Manobo tribe, wherein polygamy is allegedly acceptable.

Pantaleon Alvarez has been known for facilitating and endorsing impeachment efforts against Vice President Leni Robredo and Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.

Pantaleon Alvarez's endorsed impeachment complaint against Robredo came after the Vice President reported to the United Nations the state of the country and the War on Drugs that President Duterte's administration is currently conducting.

Pantaleon Alvarez claims that Robredo's act of portraying the country in a bad light is a betrayal of public trust, and thus impeachable.

Pantaleon Alvarez has revealed that the congress will be discussing possible impeachment complaint against Chief Justice Sereno for meddling in the case of the Congress' detention of Ilocos-6, wherein Sereno granted the right of habeas corpus to the six individuals.

Pantaleon Alvarez has been a staunch supporter of reviving capital punishment, despite the United Nations' moratorium on death penalties, even going so far as to threaten the "dismissal" of representatives who refused to sign the death penalty bill.

Pantaleon Alvarez has been a vocal critic of the Catholic Church for opposing the death penalty bill and the Duterte's administration's War on Drugs.

Since then, Pantaleon Alvarez has backed Duterte on issues, like the Martial Law in Mindanao, the postponement of Barangay Elections, and Duterte's War on Drugs, which he even promoted to the ASEAN.

Many critics have expressed that other than having close ties with the President, Pantaleon Alvarez is ill-suited for his position as a Speaker, due to his ineffectiveness in uniting the house to pass bills on critical issues.

Pantaleon Alvarez have advocated for the secession of Mindanao from the Philippines.

Pantaleon Alvarez reportedly held the stance as early as 2005 when Rodrigo Duterte, then the Mayor of Davao City, have advocates the Christian-majority portion of Mindanao to secede in the event President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was deposed by a revolution or coup d'etat.

Pantaleon Alvarez have advocated an independence declaration "with or without GMA".

In January 2024, amidst a People's Initiative bid launched to revise the Philippine constitution, Duterte has said that Pantaleon Alvarez is planning to launch a signature campaign proposing Mindanao independence.

Duterte once jokingly claimed Pantaleon Alvarez is a Muslim, though there is no proof of such claim, and Pantaleon Alvarez admitted to have fathered eight children from three different women out of wedlock.