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STA. ROSA CITY— He could give her a tip or two whenever she’s having a bad hair day checking out the price of galunggong.
Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar on Thursday made what was perhaps his most “cutting” remark in retaliation for the repeated attacks he got from a rival during Monday’s Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate.
“I will just refer her to my barber. She said she likes my hair,” Villar told reporters covering his campaign sortie here, referring to arch-critic Sen. Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal.
Asked in the Inquirer debate if there was anything nice she could say about Villar, Madrigal then merely quipped in Filipino: “His dyed hair looks good.”
Snide remarks
It was just one of the several snide comments Madrigal directed at Villar onstage. At one point, though, Madrigal herself drew snickers when she was reduced to making a wild guess and giving an excuse for not knowing the current price of a fish associated with the poor man’s diet.
Villar on Thursday visited public markets here and also went on a road show in the neighboring towns of Sta. Rosa, Biñan and Cabuyao.
As he pressed flesh at a wet market in Biñan, he deliberately lingered longer at one of the seafood stalls and gamely posed for press photographers.
The stall was selling, among others, fresh galunggong.
Villar also shot back at Madrigal’s insinuation that his wife, Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar, could form half of a “conjugal dictatorship” once her billionaire-husband had made it to Malacañang.
“You know, her attacks have multiplied and are now even directed at my wife. As a couple, we are close. We were classmates in college [at the University of the Philippines],” he said.
“But all of our friends can say that my wife doesn’t meddle [in my affairs] in politics,” he added.
Madrigal on Wednesday described Representative Villar as “the brains and the brawn behind” the NP candidate and urged voters to “be vigilant in not allowing this dangerous man to become president.”
Jamby’s platform
Asked if he would regard Madrigal to be a really serious presidential contender, Villar replied: “Not really. Whatever her role [in this election] is okay with me. I, too, wish for her happiness.”
In a statement, the Nacionalista Party noted that Madrigal seemed to have “made it her campaign platform to attack the integrity of Villar.”
“But the former Senate President and House Speaker refuses to reciprocate the political mudslinging, even if Madrigal had recently assailed the role of his wife in his political career.”
STA. ROSA CITY— He could give her a tip or two whenever she’s having a bad hair day checking out the price of galunggong.
Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Sen. Manny Villar on Thursday made what was perhaps his most “cutting” remark in retaliation for the repeated attacks he got from a rival during Monday’s Inquirer-sponsored presidential debate.
“I will just refer her to my barber. She said she likes my hair,” Villar told reporters covering his campaign sortie here, referring to arch-critic Sen. Maria Ana Consuelo “Jamby” Madrigal.
Asked in the Inquirer debate if there was anything nice she could say about Villar, Madrigal then merely quipped in Filipino: “His dyed hair looks good.”
Snide remarks
It was just one of the several snide comments Madrigal directed at Villar onstage. At one point, though, Madrigal herself drew snickers when she was reduced to making a wild guess and giving an excuse for not knowing the current price of a fish associated with the poor man’s diet.
Villar on Thursday visited public markets here and also went on a road show in the neighboring towns of Sta. Rosa, Biñan and Cabuyao.
As he pressed flesh at a wet market in Biñan, he deliberately lingered longer at one of the seafood stalls and gamely posed for press photographers.
The stall was selling, among others, fresh galunggong.
Villar also shot back at Madrigal’s insinuation that his wife, Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar, could form half of a “conjugal dictatorship” once her billionaire-husband had made it to Malacañang.
“You know, her attacks have multiplied and are now even directed at my wife. As a couple, we are close. We were classmates in college [at the University of the Philippines],” he said.
“But all of our friends can say that my wife doesn’t meddle [in my affairs] in politics,” he added.
Madrigal on Wednesday described Representative Villar as “the brains and the brawn behind” the NP candidate and urged voters to “be vigilant in not allowing this dangerous man to become president.”
Jamby’s platform
Asked if he would regard Madrigal to be a really serious presidential contender, Villar replied: “Not really. Whatever her role [in this election] is okay with me. I, too, wish for her happiness.”
In a statement, the Nacionalista Party noted that Madrigal seemed to have “made it her campaign platform to attack the integrity of Villar.”
“But the former Senate President and House Speaker refuses to reciprocate the political mudslinging, even if Madrigal had recently assailed the role of his wife in his political career.”
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