Former Philippines president and congresswoman Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (center) stands in the House of Representatives as Congress prepares to vote regarding the passage of the death penalty in Manila on March 1, 2017. (PHOTO / AFP)

MANILA - The Philippines' House of Representatives on Tuesday removed congresswoman and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as a deputy speaker.

Arroyo, who represents a district in Pampanga province, will be an ordinary member of the House after she was stripped of the deputy speakership. She was replaced by a representative from Isabela province.

Representative Isidro Ungab from Davao City was also unseated as a deputy House speaker. A representative from Lanao del Sur province replaced him.