LP, NP sanib-puwersa kay SB

MANILA, Philippines - Tiyak nang magsasanib-puwersa ang Liberal Party (LP) at Nacionalista Party (NP) para iluklok ang kanilang pambato sa pagka-Speaker sa Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso.

Sinasabing inaabisuhan na ni Nacionalista Party Chairman at dating Senate President Manuel Villar ang kanyang mga partymates sa Kongreso na suportahan si outgoing Quezon City Mayor at Congressman-elect Sonny Belmonte na kanyang kaibigan at dating kasama sa Mababang Kapulungan.

Si Belmonte at Villar ay kapwa naging Congressman noong panahon ni dating Pangulong Erap Estrada at kapwa rin naging Speaker ng House of Representatives.

“Speaker Villar will go for Sonny Belmonte. He  had asked us (partymates) to pledge our support to the speakership bid of Belmonte… this maybe because they were friends and former colleagues. He already knew the qualities of Belmonte as a leader and as a person…being hardworking, smart and dependable,” pahayag ni Isabela Rep. Ana Cristina Go.

Malaki din ang paniwala ni Belmonte na higit pang dadami ang mga elected House members, neophytes at seniors ang susuporta sa kanyang kandidatura bilang House Speaker. Sa katunayan anya, maging si boxing champion at Saranggani Rep. Manny Pacquiao ay pabor sa kanya.

“Manny Pacquiao had also pledged support for me being my children’s friend for a long time.  Pacquiao was a good friend of us particularly the two executives of Philippines Star – Isaac and Miguel,” pahayag ni Belmonte .

Kumpiyansa si Belmonte na ang LP ang mananalo sa speakership bid sa Kongreso