PRESS RELEASE
Butch Abad
General Campaign Manager
Aquino-Roxas 2010 Campaign
Tel. (02) 470-4107
Villar Should Man Up: Accept Enrile Challenge
Instead of crying foul , Sen. Manny Villar should accept Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile’s challenge to prove his predecessor isn’t a coward and debate the merits of the Enrile’s C5 Report. This is a crucial leadership test to see if Villar can truly dispute the damning findings and recommendations of the Report, which has been indorsed by a majority of the Senators.
The tactic of absenting himself and his allies from the session has been called chicken-like behavior by Villar and his attempt to mount a coup against the Senate leadership only cements the public perception that Villar cannot dispell charges of violation of conflict of interest provisions of the Constitution and improper and unethical conduct as a Senator.
According to the Report, these transgressions—the illegal diversion of the C5 Road, the wastage of land bought for right-of-way and undue gains obtained from the appreciation of real estate values-- cost the Filipino people P6.22B in precious funds that could have been used for badly needed public services.
With only seven session days left, the Senate must dispose of the Report. The question of moral fitness to govern for a candidate aspiring for the highest position in the land will hound Villar no end if he continues to employ evasive tactics. Villar has to remember that corruption and abuse of power are key issues in this campaign. ###
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6 comments:
Vice, puede ba po ninyong i-post dito yung mga candidates ng different positions sa province po natin? Medio mahaba kasi every town sana. Only if you have time lang po or may LP crew po kayo na magtype.
Thank you po Vice and am so sad just like the rest see you leaving na Vice namin. You have done a great job.
Joyce Alcantara
thanks. i'll find time
MANILA, Philippines—Cavite Rep. Crispin Remulla has exposed a supposed “sweetheart deal” between the Arroyo administration and the Aquino-Cojuangco clan of Tarlac province involving the allegedly “overpriced” purchase of land from the 6,400-hectare Hacienda Luisita for the right of way for the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx).
At a House oversight committee hearing Wednesday, Remulla said the government,paid P83 million for the purchase of the right-of-way and invested another P170 million to build a road interchange in the middle of the vast sugar estate.
Remulla alleged that the government agreed to buy 83 ha of Luisita land at P100 per square meter which he claimed was more than 10 times the going rate of P6 to P8 per sq. m. for similar raw sugar lands in Concepcion and San Miguel, Tarlac.
“This is undoubtedly the most expensive sugar land in the country because based on DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform) records, the highest price it paid for sugar land was only P14,” the congressman said.
Unnecessary purchase
The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway project is meant to promote the expansion of businesses and logistic facilities in Central Luzon. It links the seaport and airport facilities of the economic zones of Subic in Zambales and Clark in Angeles, Pampanga, to the industrial hub of Tarlac, Tarlac.
Remulla claimed that the right-of-way purchase was unnecessary and impractical as the SCTEx was originally designed to pass through the commercialized portion of Luisita and not in the middle of “raw” land.
“There was no need to pass through the middle of Luisita, much less build a P170 million road interchange in the middle of nowhere. That interchange leads directly to a private road owned by the Aquino-Cojuangco family, which as of now, is still in their possession and they can demand anything from the government before they hand it over,” said Remulla.
He claimed that Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III had lobbied for the alleged “diversion” of the SCTEx to Luisita when he was the representative for Tarlac and House deputy speaker in 2004.
Alliance over
Remulla noted that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the late former President Corazon Aquino, Noynoy’s mother, were still political allies at the time and that Aquino had campaigned for Ms Arroyo in the 2004 presidential election.
Their alliance ended when Cory Aquino joined the Hyatt 10 group of Arroyo Cabinet officials that demanded the President’s resignation in the wake of the “Hello Garci” scandal in 2005.
What makes the deal worse, according to Remulla, was the alleged failure of the Aquino-Cojuangco family to pay the farmers their “just” share from the P83 million.
“The farmers own 33.8 percent of Hacienda Luisita Inc. and yet each farmer was given dividends of only 50 centavos and P1 which is spare change to the outrageous gift from Arroyo,” he said.
Remulla said the purchase of the Luisita right-of-way was partly the reason why the budget for the 94-kilometer SCTEx ballooned from the original estimate of P21.39 billion to P32.8 billion.
Also at the hearing, Abakada party-list Rep. Jonathan de la Cruz said the P250-million bonanza for Luisita explained why Noynoy has refused to participate in the Senate probe of the C-5 double insertion investigation of Sen. Manuel Villar.
With Leila B. Salaverria INQUIRER.NET
The issue here is for Senator Manny Villar to face his case. Anybody could file a case against Senator Noynoy Aquino. Being a liberal, Noynoy would readily face his accussers. I can't understand why Villar does not want to accept the challenge of answering the allegations againt him in the Senate. NATATAKOT BA SYA O MAY ITINATAGO?
Villar's C-5 versus Aquino's SCTEX
The two sons of Satan are lynching each other. The Filipino people deserve a better president.
http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view/20100127-249681/Villars-C-5-Extension-vs-Noynoys-SCTEX
Oh c'mon, ikaw yata kamag anak ni satanas e.
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