Gonzales woos ‘Gibo’ to form new opposition
By Mario J. Mallari 06/10/2010 Acting Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales, who had earlier expressed belief that cheating happened in the last May 10 presidential elections, yesterday called his predecessor Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr., who lost as standard-bearer of the administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD, his president. During his speech at the testimonial parade for the retirement of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Gonzales even invited Teodoro to join him in the ranks of opposition during the administration of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, a cousin of Teodoro. “Gilbert, I want to express to you that by unanimous decision of all my children, you are our president,” said Gonzales, whose daughter Maria Aurora Gonzales ran but lost a congressional seat in Bataan province in last month’s elections. Last week, Gonzales said he believed that cheating occurred during the last presidential election as he cited deficiencies on the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines, proliferation of fake ballots, among others. He, however, urged the people to respect the results of the polls. Weeks prior to the actual vote, Gonzales also disclosed the bribery attempts on officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and AFP and the Philippine National Police (PNP) allegedly by groups out to manipulate the elections. He said at least two presidential candidates would benefit from the fraud.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100610hed5.html |
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