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MANILA, Philippines—A day after she admitted that she didn’t know the price of “galunggong,” the proverbial poor man’s fish, Sen. Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal, a presidential candidate, said that she would include some wet markets nationwide in her campaign sorties.
“I love wet markets because of the vegetables they sell,” Madrigal said Tuesday on the first day of the presidential campaign. “I go to a lot of markets selling organic products, like the one on Katipunan (Quezon City). In our small farm in Tagaytay, we grow vegetables.”
She said, “I may be a vegetarian but I have no prejudice against meat-eaters.”
Madrigal drew snickers at the Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Monday when she said a kilo of galunggong (round scad) cost only P60. A kilo of galunggong in Metro Manila costs about P120.
Quiapo church
“I really would not know the price (of galunggong),” she said in a text message Tuesday before she sought divine intervention at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, as she embarked on a three-month “non-trapo” campaign for the presidency.
Accompanied by French husband Eric Jean Claude Valade and members of what she called her “lean but efficient team,” Madrigal attended the 10 a.m. Mass at the Catholic church on Plaza Miranda.
Madrigal, who is determined to pull off a one-woman show in her presidential bid, said she “got a note from Monsignor Clemente Ignacio (of the Quiapo parish) who said they’ll be praying for me.”
Scapular
“Then there’s this woman selling rosaries and scapulars who gave me a scapular for free and also wished me good luck. Her gesture means a lot to me,” she said.
Madrigal, clad in her signature neon-green blazer, later walked the entire length of busy Carriedo Street, shaking hands with shoppers and street vendors.
Later in an interview, Madrigal said she had been “fasting for two weeks now and praying for clean elections.”
“I believe that any little sacrifice will reach God directly,” she noted.
Madrigal said she was “making a panata (vow), hoping a miracle will happen, that there’s going to be clean elections. And no matter what the administration does, cheating won’t happen.”
She plans to continue fasting “in the next two weeks” and may even ask the nation to join her in fasting for good elections.
Decent campaign
Madrigal is running without a vice presidential and senatorial slate to “prove that I am not a traditional presidential aspirant, but a candidate of the people.”
“This would allow all like-minded candidates and people to unite under a shared and genuine progressive vision and platform of government based on principled politics,” she said.
Madrigal added that she wanted to go on a solo presidential campaign so as not to be indebted to any political party or big businessmen who back other candidates in the May elections.
She said her family had “left me enough to run a decent campaign.”
From Quiapo, Madrigal proceeded to Caloocan City where she distributed food packs to some 1,700 fire victims in Barangay 74 near Samson Road.
“We’ll campaign in Metro Manila first,” she said.
She also plans to “meet with students who have to know there’s an alternative (presidential candidate).”
MANILA, Philippines—A day after she admitted that she didn’t know the price of “galunggong,” the proverbial poor man’s fish, Sen. Ma. Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal, a presidential candidate, said that she would include some wet markets nationwide in her campaign sorties.
“I love wet markets because of the vegetables they sell,” Madrigal said Tuesday on the first day of the presidential campaign. “I go to a lot of markets selling organic products, like the one on Katipunan (Quezon City). In our small farm in Tagaytay, we grow vegetables.”
She said, “I may be a vegetarian but I have no prejudice against meat-eaters.”
Madrigal drew snickers at the Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City, on Monday when she said a kilo of galunggong (round scad) cost only P60. A kilo of galunggong in Metro Manila costs about P120.
Quiapo church
“I really would not know the price (of galunggong),” she said in a text message Tuesday before she sought divine intervention at the Minor Basilica of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo, Manila, as she embarked on a three-month “non-trapo” campaign for the presidency.
Accompanied by French husband Eric Jean Claude Valade and members of what she called her “lean but efficient team,” Madrigal attended the 10 a.m. Mass at the Catholic church on Plaza Miranda.
Madrigal, who is determined to pull off a one-woman show in her presidential bid, said she “got a note from Monsignor Clemente Ignacio (of the Quiapo parish) who said they’ll be praying for me.”
Scapular
“Then there’s this woman selling rosaries and scapulars who gave me a scapular for free and also wished me good luck. Her gesture means a lot to me,” she said.
Madrigal, clad in her signature neon-green blazer, later walked the entire length of busy Carriedo Street, shaking hands with shoppers and street vendors.
Later in an interview, Madrigal said she had been “fasting for two weeks now and praying for clean elections.”
“I believe that any little sacrifice will reach God directly,” she noted.
Madrigal said she was “making a panata (vow), hoping a miracle will happen, that there’s going to be clean elections. And no matter what the administration does, cheating won’t happen.”
She plans to continue fasting “in the next two weeks” and may even ask the nation to join her in fasting for good elections.
Decent campaign
Madrigal is running without a vice presidential and senatorial slate to “prove that I am not a traditional presidential aspirant, but a candidate of the people.”
“This would allow all like-minded candidates and people to unite under a shared and genuine progressive vision and platform of government based on principled politics,” she said.
Madrigal added that she wanted to go on a solo presidential campaign so as not to be indebted to any political party or big businessmen who back other candidates in the May elections.
She said her family had “left me enough to run a decent campaign.”
From Quiapo, Madrigal proceeded to Caloocan City where she distributed food packs to some 1,700 fire victims in Barangay 74 near Samson Road.
“We’ll campaign in Metro Manila first,” she said.
She also plans to “meet with students who have to know there’s an alternative (presidential candidate).”
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