Remulla: Jamby seeking LP favors

by Raul S. Beltran (Journal)

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/national/4876-remulla-jamby-seeking-lp-favors.html

NACIONALISTA Party senatorial candidate Gilbert Remulla yesterday accused independent presidential bet Jamby Madrigal of seeking a Cabinet position should Liberal Party presidential candidate Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III if he wins in the May elections in exchange for a continuing mudslinging against NP standard-bearer Manuel Villar Jr.

Remulla, also the NP spokesman, described Madrigal as “suicide bomber in yellow, who is not in the (presidential) campaign but as a mouthpiece of the Liberal Party.”

Remulla’s comment was in reaction to Madrigal’s claims that she was offered P1 billion to stop her from filing corruption charges against the former Senate president.

The former Cavite congressman maintained that Madrigal, whose ratings “have stayed in the dumps,” has no chance of winning the presidential race.

“She continues to plod on because her agenda is different: to be an attack dog of our opponents. She has practically rewritten the book on dirty campaigning,” he said.

Remulla also challenged Madrigal to answer the questions on “her unique brand of campaigning.”

“Is it true that the LP is bankrolling her campaign to the tune of P100 million and that she was promised the DSWD portfolio in exchange for her anti-Villar campaign?” asked Remulla.

Remulla also disclosed that Madrigal has “sent feelers” to the LP camp that she would rather have the Foreign Affairs portfolio under an Aquino presidency.

“Unfortunately, Madrigal continues to hallucinate and we don’t know what hallucinogens Jamby has been taking. Their brand of politics is already being judged by the electorate as a turn-off as proven by recent surveys that put Senator Villar in a statistical tie with Aquino,” he said.

Remulla added that there are many similarities in the “scripts” of the other presidential candidates in attacking Villar.

“It is obvious that all the attack dogs belong to the same kennel called the LP,” according to NP senatorial bet.