Kris is Noy’s chief lobbyist in LP Senate president bet
06/18/2010 By Angie M. Rosales It’s still all in the Aquino family, it seems. She may have given up her entertainment talk shows, but she is emerging as the top lobbyist under an Aquino presidency. Talk is rife that Kris Aquino, TV celebrity and sister of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, has been actively interfering with political arena, and using her influence to the point of meddling in the affairs of the Senate, a co-equal and a supposed independent body, lobbying for her candidate, Sen. Francis Pangilinan, for the Senate presidency. Kris Aquino’s name cropped up in this issue as sources confirmed she has been making the rounds, calling each senator to “campaign” or solicit support for Pangilinan. Kris Aquino has reportedly been calling on senators to ensure that Pangilinan gets the top Senate post, sources said. In much the same way, Noynoy Aquino wants a say in the House committee chairmanships, informing his bet for Speaker, Feliciano Belmonte, that he wants to be “consulted” in this matter, as admitted by Belmonte himself. Aquino has claimed that he wants to “rebuild” Congress, and bring back independence and integrity in the legislature, yet he and his sisters have been found to be meddling even in the affairs of Congress, which is supposed to be an independent body. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100618hed2.html |
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