No gov't funds used to promote Mar - DILG
October 30, 2014 | 11:08am
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday said no public funds were used to promote and increase the chances of Secretary Mar Roxas in the 2016 presidential race.
"No public funds were used for such purposes," Local Government Undersecretary Austere Panadero, in response to United Nationalist Alliance's claims that taxpayers' money was used for political purposes.
UNA, the political party of Vice President Jejomar Binay, previously claimed that political ads were being broadcast on provincial television and radio stations, as part of efforts to increase the chances Roxas in the 2016 presidential election.
"As far as the DILG is concerned, no such ads exist in any of the provinces in both Visayas and Mindanao," Panadero added.
Roxas has already disputed claims that he was behind the controversial "Oplan: Stop Nognog 2016," a smear campaign to bring down the popularity of Binay.
He said that UNA stalwarts lacked basis for making such bold allegations.
Panadero was also surprised by UNA's allegations, citing the questionable and dubious nature of such claims.
"We don't know where they (UNA) got it. Perhaps they can find the answer to their questions by asking themselves," Panadero said.
In the latest polls by Pulse Asia, Roxas received an additional six percent of the public's approval, especially in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.
Roxas lost to Binay in the last May 2010 vice presidential derby.
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