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AQUINO-ROXAS TANDEM GETS BACKING OF BICOL BLOC
Former and current local and national leaders from the Bicol region today threw their support to the candidacies of survey frontrunners Liberal Party presidential and vice presidential bets Senators Benigno Aquino III and Mar Roxas, whom they said were the best leaders to steer the country back on track. Bicolano officials led by Presidential Economic Adviser Joey Salceda, Rep. Salvador Escudero, former Sen. Victor Ziga, Albay Gov. Fernando Gonzalez, Rep. Liwayway Chato, Naga Mayor Jess Robredo and other Bicol executives and members of Civil Society signed a two-page Manifesto of Support, which they presented to Aquino and Roxas in a press conference this morning at the LP headquarters at the Balay in Cubao, Quezon City. The “Bicol Bloc for Noynoy and Mar” said the Liberal leaders are the only tandem with a clear platform of government on how to curb graft and corruption and a standing commitment to public trust as a cornerstone of transparent and accountable governance. “Theirs is a message of hope and change that promises to put the country back on track. And theirs is a commitment to Bicol development that we, as former and current public officials of the national and local governments and civil society leaders in the region, will help realize under an Aquino-Roxas administration,” the manifesto read. They added that the two candidates are “clearly the only viable choice we have”, stressing that “the Filipino people deserve a clean and honest government, leaders worthy of public trust, leaders who could inspire Filipinos to dream again and leaders who will be fair and just.” “They come from a lineage of kin and political forebears (President Cory Aquino, President Manuel Roxas, Senators Ninoy Aquino and Gerry Roxas) who share a long-standing commitment to public trust as a cornerstone of transparent and accountable governance,” they pointed out. Aquino and Roxas have committed to the development of the Bicol region. “We are confident that an Aquino-Roxas administration will honor that commitment. By giving Bicol the wherewithal to accelerate economic growth and development under a fair and equitable system of regional governance, and working hand in hand with the progressive leaders and peoples of Bicolandia, we will have a fighting chance of attaining the Millennium Development Goal of halving the incidence of poverty in our region,” the Bicol executives said.
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