ni Jasmin Joy Evangelista | March 25, 2022
Inihayag ni Senator Panfilo Lacson ngayong Biyernes na ang dahilan sa pagsuporta ng Partido Reporma sa ibang presidential candidate ay hindi dahil sa survey ratings kundi dahil hindi siya nakapagbigay ng P800 million para sa campaign funds ng local candidates ng partido.
"If pre-election surveys was his primary reason for switching his support, I don't believe it because like me, Mayor Isko [Moreno], and Sen. [Manny] Pacquiao, his newly chosen candidate is also lagging far behind the survey leader," ani Lacson sa isang Viber message sa mga reporters, kung saan tinutukoy nito si Davao del Norte Representative Pantaleon Alvarez, pangulo ng Partido Reporma.
"Time to call a spade a spade. It was actually more about the issue of campaign expenses for their local candidates. His chief of staff was asking for 800 million pesos in additional funding which I honestly told him I cannot produce."
“As I said yesterday, I harbor no ill-feelings for what he did. It is better that we both stop talking about this but if he insists to explain his action, I’ll be prompted to respond to correct his statements,” paliwanag pa ni Lacson.
Ang desisyong ito ng Partido Reporma ay nagtulak kay Lacson para magbitiw bilang chairman at member ng partido.
"It is better that he both stop talking about this but if he insists to explain his action, I'll be prompted to respond to correct his statements," aniya pa.
Samantala, sinagot naman ni Alvarez ang pahayag ni Lacson:
"That's not true. I never asked funding requirements from him for our local candidates," pahayag ni Alvarez sa GMA News Online sa isang text message.
"We can very well fund our own candidates."
Ayon pa kay Alvarez, posibleng ang tinutukoy ni Lacson ay ang funding requirements para sa poll watchers ng Partido Reporma sa araw ng eleksiyon.
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