Loren Legarda’s previous statement against Manny Villar

I recently posted an article questioning the recent announced tandem of Senator Manny Villar and Senator Loren Legarda. It looks like there’s still more to be said. A few months back, Senator Villar released a statement saying that if you don’t have P1 billion, then don’t bother running for President. Senator Legarda fired back by saying “Pera-pera na lang ba ang Eleksyon?” These two make for really strange bedfellows indeed. I’ve been trying to get a copy of her previous statements on Villar but I’ve only been able to find a few excerpts here and there. Here are other excerpts from Senator Legarda’s press release as reported by Lito Banayo from Abante Online:

Nakakalungkot ung nabasa ko sa dyaryo noong Martes. Sabi ni Sen. Manny Villar na kung wala ka raw P1 billion, huwag mo ng ituloy ang balak mo bilang Pangulo.”

“Ibig ba n’yang sabihin, kung wala kang pera ay huwag ka ng mangarap na makapaglingkod bilang Pangulo sa ating bansa? Nakalulungkot pong isi­pin na paliliitin natin ang usapin ng paglilingkod sa bayan sa isyu ng pera.

Pera-pera na lang ba ang eleksyon? Talaga bang ang tingin nya sa taong bayan ay mukhang pera? Pwera na ba ang pagmamahal sa bayan? Pwera na ba yung uri ng leadership na ibibigay mo? Pwera na ba yung vision para sa kinabukasan ng ating bansa? Basta may pera, pwera na ba ang lahat?” dagdag ni Loren.

This is really disappointing since I was a big supporter of Loren before this happened. She’s a brilliant and hard-working senator and it’s frustrating to see her go on this path. I hope that there will be an occasion that she will be able to explain everything clearly to her supporters (existing and former).

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5 Responses to Loren Legarda’s previous statement against Manny Villar

  1. Laura says:

    I think what is much important ay yung hangarin nnilang makatulong sa ating bansa. Marami naman ganyang sa Pulitika na lumilipat lipat pero hindi nangangahulugan na may masama silang hangarin.

    Bakit naman si Ralph Recto? di ba.
    Magaling si Sen. Loren Legarda at kahanga-hanga din si Sen. Manny Villar na ang ang personal goal ay laging makatulong sa ating mga kababayan. His Genuine, experincied and ready.

    Villar- Loren is a great tandem!

  2. Marlboro_menthol says:

    Loren is a bad addition for Manny. Panget tingnan yung makita ng taumbayan na yung taong bumabatikos sa isang kandidato, biglang magiging running mate pala.

  3. Mark says:

    Loren became a “BALIMBING” when she joined Villar. There was a time where she was accusing Villar re: C5 project controversy.

  4. Clarence says:

    Hindi porket lumipat na ng partido ang isang kandidato ay papanget na ang tingin naten sa kanya. Ang mga tao ay may kanya kanyang rason kung bket niya nagagawa ang isang bagay. Tingnan naten ang mga hangarin nya sa ating bayan.

  5. jeanlery2010 says:

    Hindi ako boto sa villar-loren tandem, magkaiba sila ng pananaw, intention and hangarin sa pangangandidato bilang Presidente ng Pilipinas. Mas literal ang mga bagay na nagawa ni Manny at sang-ayon ako na you must have much money to run for presidency. Kung tutuuisin malaki ang maitutulong sa atin ng pera ni manny,para sa ating bayan, paano mo nga naman papayamanin ang Pilipinas kung walang pera ang mamumuno?

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