Salceda bolts Lakas, joins LP
Gov. Joey has no word of honor, says Lakas chair
MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - The defections from the ruling party Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-Kampi-CMD) continue.
Re-electionist Albay Gov. Jose “Joey” Salceda—the Cabinet member who called President Arroyo a “lucky bitch” and got away with it—has abandoned the ruling party to join a staunch Arroyo critic, the Liberal Party (LP) of presidential aspirant Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.
“Last Monday evening, I accepted the challenge of my Ateneo classmate Noynoy to become the Bicol regional chairman of LP. My task is to make him win in Bicol on May 10, 2010,” Salceda said in an e-mailed statement.
Salceda said it was a “difficult political decision.” He sought the guidance of the Albay clergy, his former classmates in the seminary, particularly Fr. Jovic Lobrigo.
Aquino and Salceda were classmates at the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU).
“Over a long period since February, I have seen in my YahooGroups the vigorous efforts of our common batch—Batch 81 of AdMU especially Batch 81 BS Management Engineering—to help our batchmate in his crusade. I distinctly remember Noynoy as a seatmate in the English class. He struck me as being quite ordinary for the son of the biggest political prisoner, a future martyr-hero and a future President,” Salceda added.
Salceda said many of Aquino’s supporters are his friends, too. He named LP director general Jose Luis Martin “Chito” Gascon, LP campaign manager Florencio “Butch” Abad, LP guest senatorial candidate Risa Hontiveros, former social welfare secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, and former defense secretary Avelino “Nonong” Cruz.
LP welcomes Salceda
Liberal Party members welcomed Salceda’s move to the party.
Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan and Quezon Rep. Lorenzo Tañada III said Salceda's move ensures Aquino's victory in the vote-rich Bicol region. Albay has nearly 700,000 votes.
Other Bicolano politicians supporting Aquino are Naga City Mayor Jesse Robredo and Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero, who comes from Sorsogon.
"It is an indication that a bandwagon is now in the offing in favor of Senator Aquino. For the first time since 1998, there is no true blue Bicolano running for President. With key Bicolano leaders supporting Noynoy, there is a big chance that we will win big in the Bicol region," Pangilinan told abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak.
“I think he should be welcomed. He is a very intelligent governor. He’s got the experience of being a legislator. He’s also a governor. I think he should be welcomed in the LP,” said returning senatorial candidate Ralph Recto. He also left Lakas-Kampi-CMD last year to join LP.
Asked if he expects more Lakas-Kampi members to defect to the LP, Recto said: “I think so. This is a historical election. You have to be on the right side of history as well. Noynoy is the best candidate to be president. It is no surprise that many others would do the same.”
“I think Lakas has no chance of winning as far as the presidency is concerned. If there is news of resources not going down or funding for national candidates not going down, maybe they are concentrating on Congress and the party-list system,” he added.
Favored GMA ally
Salceda’s move comes as a surprise because he is one of the closest and favored allies of President Arroyo.
In 2008, Salceda figured in a controversy when he called President Arroyo a “lucky bitch” during a forum at the Ateneo Graduate Schools.
Salceda later apologized for the “bad joke.” He explained that he meant to say “lucky girl” because in spite of her political woes, she was lucky that the economy was in good condition. He said the remark was meant to refer to President Arroyo’s short temper.
In terms of government projects, Albay province was favored by the Arroyo administration.
Among the big-ticket projects the province received are the following:
- construction of the P3.4-billion Daraga International Airport
- P776 million public infrastructure funding
- installation of the P560-million worth Doppler radar
- P977.3 million for the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, which assists 70,000 poor families in the province
- P1.25 billion worth of assistance after Typhoon Reming.
Although Salceda is a close ally of President Arroyo, Tañada said Salceda has an “independent mind.”
“People who speak their minds are welcome,” the LP spokesman added.
Lakas: Salceda has no word of honor
Lakas-Kampi chairman Negros Occidental Rep. Amelita Villarosa and executive secretary Leandro Mendoza lamented Salceda’s decision.
“He is one of those who stood up, very passionate when he said the palabra de honor (word of honor) team is intact campaigning for Gibo. He is the one making all the speeches,” Villarosa told ABS-CBN News Channel.
“Joey is always a great help. He is a good friend of mine,” Mendoza added.
But Villarosa said Salceda is not a big loss to the party because they have other leaders in the region.
Not to worry
“Gov. Joey Salceda is not the only Kampi party leader in that area. We have Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Mayor of Legaspi City, and other congressmen within the area,” she said.
Despite the defections, Villarosa said she remains confident that the party can make their candidate, Gilberto Teodoro Jr., win.
“We take this in stride. We move on. We focus, making sure our candidate will win, we are confident our candidate will make it. Let’s wait and let’s see who wins in the election. It’s Gibo Teodoro,” Villarosa said.
Lakas-Kampi secretary-general Rey Roquero denied rumors that other Cabinet members, such as Finance Secretary Margarito Teves, Budget Secretary Rolando “Nonoy” Andaya Jr., are also bolting the party
“This is pure black propaganda waged by our opponents,” Roquero said.
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LP - (Lakas Pala)
(Lakas Pala) recruited GMA’s architects of poverty or ‘arkitekto ng kahirapan’,"
Among the former members of the Arroyo Cabinet now with LP are former trade secretary and vice presidential bet Manuel Roxas II, former socio-economic planning secretary and senatorial candidate Ralph Recto, former finance secretary Cesar Purisima and economic adviser Joey Salceda.
-lalo na sa congressional seats alamin niyo kung ilan ang mga lakas cmd member na lumipat sa LP[lakas pla] party ng liberal sa ilalim ni noynoy?
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"Sabi ng nanay ko kung wala kang masabing maganda sa isang tao huwag ka na lang magsalita (My mother told me that it's better to keep quiet if you can't say anything good about the person)
-a statement made by noynoy aquino.
pero kung iisipin ntn sino ba ang nauna at madalas manira ng katunggali pra lng mpagtakpan ang katotohanan at ilihis ang usapan ang kanyang nagawa sa loob ng labindalawang taon.. [12 yrs] !
-cnu ba ang kandidato sinusuportahan ng mga malalaking pangalan
-cojuangco,
-lopezes's
-roxas
-cnu ba ang dating nagtanggol kay gma sa hindi pagboto sa "hello garci"
at binawi lng ang suporta ng habulin ng gobyerno ang lupain ng hacienda luisita
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may alyansa dw si villar kay arroyo
anu nmn ang ebidensya dito??
kung may sasagot dhl sumuporta si kandidato a or b ky villar?
ito lamang ay pagsuporta pero hindi ito umaanib sa Nacionalista
bagay n hindi kontrol ng partido....
sa paglipat ng dating lakas member sa liberal
hindi rin ba ito nagpapakita ng posibleng alyansa ng lakas sa liberal?
--bukod sa ganitong paninira anu pa ba ang pwedeng ipakitang ebidensya na may alyansa si villar kay gma...
alalahanin hindi kailangan ni villar si gma..
may sarili makinarya ang partido ng nacionalista...
ito ay malinaw na paninira lamang...
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at ang simpleng tanong.. anu na ba nagawa ni sen. noy
pra mapatunayan siya ay laban sa korupsyon???
12 yrs? bkt ngyn lng...
anu na ba nagawa niya pra mabawasan o mawala ang korupsyon sa loob ng 12 yrs.
anu na ba nagawa niya pra mapatunayan siya ay may kakayahan labanan ang kahirapan...
tumakbo ba tlga sya dhl kagustuhan ng bayan?
o dhl sa pagudyok ng mga pulitikong gs2ng makabalik sa puder
sa pamamagitan ng pag gamit ng pagkakataon ang bayan ay nakikisimpatya
sa pagkawala ng dati ntn pangulo..
bkit malapit ang aquino sa lopeze's [abs cbn]
sa gusali pa lng nito ng abs cbn kabayan foundation along edsa
kitang kita ang naglalakihang larawan ng kandidato ng liberal party?
sa ganyang bagay masasabi ba natin patas ang kanilang pagbabalita???
sa pagpapalabas agad ng PEKENG psych report?
bilang responsableng mamahayag hindi ba nito inisip na kailangan kumpirmahin ang report bago ito ipalabas sa kadahilanan ito ay makakasira ng kandidato?
FACT:kung ikw maninira na tga NP at gagamit ng pekeng dokumento?
magpapakilala ka ba? lalo nat alam mu itong dokumento ay mapapa bulaanan???
sino ang makikinabang sa simpatya ng bayan?
db ang partido liberal?
sna magkaron ng patas na pamamahayag at magkaron tyo ng pangulo na may napatunayan na sa paninilbihan hindi yong puro salita lamang ngunit wla nmn gnwa sa panahon na siya ay nanunungkulan
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walang eleksyon period partido na ni villar bumabangga sa rehimeng arroyo...
aquino? isa sa mga nagtanggol ky arroyo sa hello garci...
binawi ni aquino ang suporta ng isulong ni arroyo ang CARP partikular sa Hacienda luisinta sa kadahilanan ng sunod sunod na pagprotesta ng magsasaka ukol dito....
@VTYEAR aka Tomcat
YOU'RE DISGRACE LETTER MAKES ME THINK IF YOU ARE AN ATENEAN GRADUATE OR IT'S ONLY IN YOUR IMAGINATION THAT YOU BELONG TO THIS SCHOOL. BECAUSE YOU SURE DON'T ACT LIKE ONE.
IN YOUR LETTER IT IS EVIDENT THAT YOU ARE MAKING FALSE ACCUSATION AND ASSUMPTION OF THE NEGATIVE STUFF ABOUT NOYNOY.
IF YOU READ IN THE 8TH AND 9TH PARAGRAPH OF YOUR WELL MADE FAKE LETTER:
THE END OF THE 8TH PARAGRAPH IS YOU ARE NOT SURE IF NOYNOY SMOKE MARIJUANA "So, if you were hanging out with them then, you were probably also smoking marijuana too". YOUR ASSUMPTION AND FABRICATED STORY.
IN YOUR 9TH PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT STEWARDEES: I'M A FILIPINA AND I KNOW MOST FILIPINA ARE MODEST AND FOR ONE THING WOULD NOT DISCUSS HER PERSONAL LIFE WITH A SO CALLED "PRIEST" ON CASUAL CHAT DURING THE FLIGHT... THIS IS FABRICATED AND LIE WELL MADE BY YOU TO MAKE US LEAD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS STUPID ACCUSATION/GOSSIP OF YOURS HAPPENED? WELL... WELLL... IDIOT YOU JUST PROVE YOURSELF THAT YOU ARE A LOSER. YOUR STORY WOULD NOT GIVE A DENT TO NOYNOY'S CREDIBILITY INFACT THIS LETTER HELP NOYNOY MOVE UP OF HIS RATING... LIKE VILLAROYO YOU ARE UP FOR BLACK PROPAGANDA. OVERALL, YOUR ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT LP IS NOT EFFECTIVE AND THEY ARE FULL OF RUBBISH..(IMAGINARY AND MADE UP TALK)
I AM NOT CONVINCE YOU ARE AN ATENEAN PRODUCT AT ALL.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR IDIOCITY.
Nothing could be more
Nothing could be more hypocritical than the Nacionalista Party’s (NP’s) motto, “noon at ngayon marangal.” As we push towards the final month before election day, the steady stream of hardcore GMA allies going to NP goes on unabated. There is truth to Manny Villaroyo
But the Villaroyo partnership is not of two powerful individuals, not of Gloria Arroyo and Manny Villar. The partnership is among Gloria allies and Villaroyo allies who were once under one roof, shared the same spoils and played the same policy tunes. It is just like one person having two personas who are in a love-hate relationship but agreed in the end that they both want the ring. It seems the more appropriate battlecry for Manny Villaroyo is “Malacanang-My Precious.” The Gloria allies and Manny Villaroyo allies are Manny Villaroyo's two personas.
Which begs the question: Is Manny Villaroyo really in control of his party? Or do the puppet masters behind him already have an understanding with the power brokers of GMA that no matter what, tuloy ang ligaya. Anyway wala na si GMA sa Malacañang. Nasa Congress na. As it is laid out, the same machinery and interests which benefited from a GMA-Villaroyo-NP regime in 2001-2005 will also stand to benefit in an Villaroyo-NP-GMA regime in 2010-2016 if ever. No policy shifts. No program overhauls. No new faces. Land grabbing (Adelfa Properties) stays monkey business as usual . TOPAK or "Trapos, Oportunistas, and Villaroyo's parasites and leeches Inc." reverberates a thousand fold till the next presidential elections. A Manny Villaroyo presidency is another six years of GMA allies and former allies. Another six years of failed policies and false promises. Just look at the familiar faces in NP—they are too glaring not to see.
“Noon at Ngayon, the Nacionalista and kampi are Garapal….sa kapangyarihan
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Are you sure that your're from Ateneo? If yes, I'm sure you are the real "Cooper" because your Tag-lish sucks. Tag-lish na nga ang baho pa.
But what made me really laugh is when you mentioned "kumakanta ng Spanish songs in Spanish". Why, did you hear anyone singing Spanish in Tagalog, LOL!
Anyway, goodluck and I hope that next time, you can improve your taglish, otherwise it is a big disgrace for Blue Eagles.
Dear Noynoy - from Tomcat
Dear Noynoy:
We were classmates at the Ateneo and I have no doubt that you would remember me even if we were not close. Hint: I was one of those who ribbed you about the low grade that Father Kreutz gave you in math because you could never seem to get your fractions right. Remember going ballistic over that ribbing? [Reverend Wiliam “Bill” Kreutz, SJ, is a long-time Ateneo teacher from New York who founded the Jesuit Volunteers of the Philippines—JR. All subsequent bracketed phrases are mine.]
Anyway, reading the psychological report that was posted on the Internet a few days ago certainly made me remember you. I heard you say on the news that the report was fake but you did admit that there were some things in it that were true. “Part truths” I think were your exact words. It fascinated me enough to want to read the report carefully to check out which were those things that were true.
Obvious things first, those facts that any of our classmates can confirm if asked. One of these is, as the report says, you have a labile disorder. This is whole truth. Even Father Gorospe would be distracted by your drooling during our oral exams. [The late Reverend Vitaliano Gorospe, SJ, was connected for a long time with the Ateneo Theology Department.] Father Ferriols, who made a point of showing he didn’t like you, would make side comments about it that led your classmates to give you the nickname “Cooper,” a reference to Cupertino school where we would teach Catechism to retarded children. I, however, never called you Cooper. [Reverend Roque Ferriols, SJ, taught Filipino Philosophy at Ateneo.]
The report says that you have a “major depressive disorder.” Well, I honestly don’t know if that is true. What I do know is that in school you were very temperamental and had sudden mood swings. Isang minuto, nakikikain ka kay Brudda Francis, maya’t maya nagagalit ka na. Many of our classmates can attest to witnessing scenes like this.
The report said that you used to go with your mom to see Dr. Manuel Escudero. That is a whole truth. I remember seeing you at Tito Maning’s high-rise apartment on Roxas Boulevard when we were still kids. Tito Maning was a consultant with the WHO here in Manila but he was also a psychiatrist who treated only the high society people in Manila. Even Imelda Marcos was his patient. Unfortunately, so was my mom who suffered from insecurities due to my dad’s numerous infidelities.
Tito Maning’s wife, Tita Jo, was a very good artist who had a couple of exhibits of her work before they left Manila for good a few years after martial law was declared. They lived in Topeka, Kansas. After they left, I kept a correspondence for a while with their very cute daughter Nina who I am sure you remember. I had such a crush on her. Maybe you did too. She used to talk to us “little folk” in the sala of their apartment while the “big folk” would lock themselves in the room and discuss “big folk” matters. She wanted to go to ballet school or some dance school which she did, I think, and I eventually lost track of her.
About your smoking marijuana, I also can’t say if that is wholly true. What I do know is that you would try to tag along with a group of students that would hang out with Ma’am Gloria Arroyo. [Yes, President Arroyo herself.] Mga students niya sa Economics. She was always surrounded by bright and handsome students kaya hindi ka pinapansin. Pati si Ma’am Placer, she never gave you the time of day kasi people said you were “medyo weird” and your grades were mababa per her standards.
Pero, you still tried to hang out with those guys. Trying hard to belong ba. I know those guys would drink na kasama pa si Miss Rosales na pag lasing na, kumakanta ng Spanish songs in Spanish. They would drink dozens of bottles of beer at Shakey’s Katipunan because Mrs. Ramos (our Spanish teacher in case you don’t remember) owned the restaurant. This group was also known to also smoke joints in the college auditorium, up in the closed space where the spotlights were. So, if you were hanging out with them then, you were probably also smoking marijuana too.
The report said you had a flight attendant girlfriend. This is another whole truth. I will not mention her name here to protect her but she was a PAL stewardess. I found out about this because I was on a flight with Father Samson [probably Ateneo de Davao president Reverend Antonio S. Samson] once and she was the one who seated us. When she found out we were from Ateneo, she introduced herself and said she was the girl friend of an Atenean and mentioned your name. Father Samson then asked jokingly if you were a good boyfriend to her. She shrugged and said you were “okay” but she was bothered because you were “too conservative.” You didn’t even like to kiss her daw because you were saving her for the wedding night. And you insisted that she dress very conservatively. Jealous boyfriend ka daw. No wonder that relationship ended. Maybe that’s why you got so depressed over it.
About the report. I know that [Ateneo-based Jesuit psychologist Reverend] Tito Caluag is one of your best friends. His group of “friends” are some of the richest and most influential people in the country today. I know that you used to frequently visit his home. He hosts get-togethers where things that are too esoteric for me are the subjects of discussion. At one time, this group of yours even discussed the ousting of [Ateneo president] Father [Bienvenido] Nebres because Tito Caluag had his own ideas on how Ateneo should be run. Maybe your closeness to him is why he was the one you went to when you were depressed and why he was the one who handled your case and signed your psychological report. To keep things quiet.
But I confess I actually don’t know. I do know that Tito Caluag was at one time your sister Kris’ father confessor. He may not be a very trustworthy father confessor, though, because many have heard him say aloud that “walang ginawa si Kris Aquino dito sa Ateneo kundi habulin si Alvin Patrimonio at mag-emote sa quadrangle”.
Anyway, yun muna. Good luck on your presidential run. If you become president of the Philippines, that would be really something, huh? From “Cooper” to “Mr. President” when brighter and more scheming Ateneans like Mar Roxas and Dick Gordon have not been able to make it is an achievement that Ripley should feature.
Your old friend,
Tomcat
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