VP aspirants see no threat if Arroyo joins Gibo in 2010
11/06/2009 | 08:29 PM
Vice presidential aspirants see no threat in Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. She could heed the call of her allies to seek the second highest post of the land with administration standard bearer Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. without her opponents batting an eyelash.
“Eh di mapapahaba ang honeymoon ko, dahil lalong mapapadali ang kandidatura (I’ll have longer time for my honeymoon because my campaign will be easier)," said the newly-wed Sen. Manuel Roxas, vice presidential running mate of Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer, Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" Aquino III.
Roxas says he is confident of victory because his promises are based on the party’s platform, which the administration allegedly doesn’t have.
“Ang kagandahan at katangian ng Partido Liberal ay nakatuntong kami sa matibay na bato ng plataporma. Nakita naman natin na sa lahat ng isyu ay iisa lamang ang tinatahak ng aming partido. Hindi papalit-palit, hindi pabago-bago. Parati dun sa matuwid. Parati dun sa mabuti," said Roxas during Friday’s event organized by the LP in Cubao, Quezon City.
(We, in the Liberal Party, are standing on a strong platform. We have shown that we are on the right path. We are not fickle-minded, we are always on the side of what is good and right.)
Loren Legarda, the vice presidential bet of the Nationalist People’s Coalition is also unruffled.
The senator does not see anyone as a threat as she believes that she has the qualities to win the race. “We are battling hunger, poverty and climate change. I invite all presidential and vice presidential candidates for a climate change alliance," Sen. Legarda told GMANews.TV in a text message on Friday.
Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, another vice presidential wannabe from the United Opposition, thinks that Mrs. Arroyo will “spell trouble" to the government if she will be part of the next administration.
“How can the next administration focus on addressing the problems that Mrs. Arroyo will leave behind when you could still have her plotting ways to remain in power? What the country needs is a vice president who won’t plot behind the back of the president and will sincerely care for the poor," said Binay.
Meanwhile, a leftist fisherfolk alliance, urged allies of President Arroyo to stop proposing to the chief executive the idea of running as vice president or congresswoman of Pampanga.
"Why push her to run as Vice President or congressional representative in the second district of Pampanga, if she cannot even win the barangay chairmanship in La Vista, Quezon City or in any given barangay in Lubao, Pampanga?" said the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) in a statement.
Citing the October 2-8 survey conducted by Ibon Foundation, Pamalakaya chair Fernando Hicap said only 17 percent of President Arroyo’s townmates in Pampanga were in favor of her running for the second district of the province.
Results of the survey revealed that while 77 percent of respondents were very much aware and convinced that Mrs. Arroyo would seek a seat at the House of Representatives in 2010, 44.6 percent of those surveyed rebuked the President's reported plan to run for Congress next year. - AMITA O. LEGASPI, GMANews.TV
“Eh di mapapahaba ang honeymoon ko, dahil lalong mapapadali ang kandidatura (I’ll have longer time for my honeymoon because my campaign will be easier)," said the newly-wed Sen. Manuel Roxas, vice presidential running mate of Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer, Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy" Aquino III.
Roxas says he is confident of victory because his promises are based on the party’s platform, which the administration allegedly doesn’t have.
“Ang kagandahan at katangian ng Partido Liberal ay nakatuntong kami sa matibay na bato ng plataporma. Nakita naman natin na sa lahat ng isyu ay iisa lamang ang tinatahak ng aming partido. Hindi papalit-palit, hindi pabago-bago. Parati dun sa matuwid. Parati dun sa mabuti," said Roxas during Friday’s event organized by the LP in Cubao, Quezon City.
(We, in the Liberal Party, are standing on a strong platform. We have shown that we are on the right path. We are not fickle-minded, we are always on the side of what is good and right.)
Loren Legarda, the vice presidential bet of the Nationalist People’s Coalition is also unruffled.
The senator does not see anyone as a threat as she believes that she has the qualities to win the race. “We are battling hunger, poverty and climate change. I invite all presidential and vice presidential candidates for a climate change alliance," Sen. Legarda told GMANews.TV in a text message on Friday.
Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, another vice presidential wannabe from the United Opposition, thinks that Mrs. Arroyo will “spell trouble" to the government if she will be part of the next administration.
“How can the next administration focus on addressing the problems that Mrs. Arroyo will leave behind when you could still have her plotting ways to remain in power? What the country needs is a vice president who won’t plot behind the back of the president and will sincerely care for the poor," said Binay.
Meanwhile, a leftist fisherfolk alliance, urged allies of President Arroyo to stop proposing to the chief executive the idea of running as vice president or congresswoman of Pampanga.
"Why push her to run as Vice President or congressional representative in the second district of Pampanga, if she cannot even win the barangay chairmanship in La Vista, Quezon City or in any given barangay in Lubao, Pampanga?" said the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) in a statement.
Citing the October 2-8 survey conducted by Ibon Foundation, Pamalakaya chair Fernando Hicap said only 17 percent of President Arroyo’s townmates in Pampanga were in favor of her running for the second district of the province.
Results of the survey revealed that while 77 percent of respondents were very much aware and convinced that Mrs. Arroyo would seek a seat at the House of Representatives in 2010, 44.6 percent of those surveyed rebuked the President's reported plan to run for Congress next year. - AMITA O. LEGASPI, GMANews.TV
