Edu perfect match for Gibo because of popularity, intelligence - Remonde

SINGAPORE – An intelligent man aside from being popular as an actor.

This was how Press Secretary Cerge Remonde described the administration party’s vice presidential bet Edu Manzano.

Remonde said Manzano’s wit and intelligence would complement the administration’s presidential candidate, outgoing Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.

Remonde said he found Manzano to be an intelligent man when he served under him when the actor was still the chairman of the Optical Media Board (OMB).

“I found him at that time to be a very efficient and dedicated worker,” Remonde said.

Remonde told reporters at the Carlton Hotel here that Manzano has always been a good performer, whether as the former vice mayor of Makati City or as OMB chairman.

But when asked if he felt that Manzano’s wit could match the high level of intelligence that has been attributed to Teodoro by the administration, Remonde could not help but be less serious.

“If you allow me to be flippant, if you are a game show host, you should be intelligent, asking all the difficult questions and seeing to it that all the correct answers are given all these years,” Remonde said.

Years after his work on the big screen, Manzano shifted to television where he made his mark as the host of at least two popular game shows.

Manzano used to host the Philippines’ version of the international quiz show “The Weakest Link,” and is now the face of “Pilipinas, Game Ka Na Ba?”