Lacson party denies talks with Robredo camp

Lacson party denies talks with Robredo camp

The Partido Reporma denied reports that it was negotiating with the camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, who was allegedly seeking to unite the “opposition” ahead of the May 2022 polls.

The Partido Reporma has fielded its chairman, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, as its presidential candidate while Robredo is the Liberal Party’s standard bearer.

Partido Reporma president and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez dismissed reports on the supposed new negotiations with Lacson and his running mate Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd with Robredo’s camp.

In a radio interview on Wednesday, Alvarez said this was part of the “dirty tricks” Partido Reporma’s rivals were using “to make it appear that Lacson would stop his campaign and withdraw his presidential bid.”

The former Speaker of the House of Representatives noted that Lacson was the first to declare his presidential ambition, along with Sotto in September 2021.

He addressed feelers sent by critics through the media that Lacson should withdraw from the 2022 presidential race due to his supposed low ratings in surveys.

But Alvarez said surveys should not be treated as the virtual results of the May 9 national elections, as some parties are using these to condition the minds of the electorate ahead of the actual polls.

“‘Yung surveys kasi hindi naman ‘yan eleksyon (Surveys are not elections themselves),” he stressed.

He added, “Sa akin naman, dapat isipin din nila na ‘yung eleksyon ay May 9 pa ‘yon. Malayo pa ‘yon e (For me, brother, they should think the elections are on May 9, which is still a long way off).”

“People can change two months, one month before, two weeks before, three weeks before, one week before or even a day before [the elections]—they can still change their minds,” Alvarez said in Filipino and English.


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