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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