http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/256115/gibo-tucp-thank-you
Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. Wednesday expressed his appreciation to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), considered the country’s largest national trade union organization with over one million members, for endorsing his presidential bid.
“I am humbled by their declaration of support, which is not just an endorsement of my presidential bid but a collective support for a roadmap for genuine change and sustainable growth and development that the next Administration has to carry out with the backing of the various sectors,” Teodoro said in a statement.
The former defense chief said TUCP and the other party-list groups deserve to be represented in Congress to ensure that all sectors, most especially the marginalized ones, are adequately heard as the next government seeks a national consensus behind such a roadmap for change and development.
The TUCP is one of the 19 party-list groups that expressed full support for Teodoro via a manifesto that they public released in a news conference in Quezon City the other day.
Teodoro, a bar topnotcher and a Harvard trained lawyer, got the admiration of the TUCP officials led by Democrito Mendoza when he attended the labor organization’s presidential forum a few months ago at Marriot Hotel in Pasay City where he laid out his impressive program designed to improve the plight of the labor sector.
Aside from TUCP, the party-list organizations that signed the manifesto were: AT (Aangat Tayo), ANAD (Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy), Senior Citizens, Ang Kasangga, BANAT (Barangay Association for National Advancement and Transparency), KAKUSA (Kapatiran ng mga Nakulong Na Walang Sala), ABAKADA-Guro, ARC (Alliance for Rural Concerns) and ABS (Arts, Business and Science Professionals).
The pro-Gibo manifesto was also signed by UNI-MAD (United Movement Against Drugs), 1 Utak (1-United Transport Koalisyon), YACAP (You Against Corruption And Poverty), ALAGAD, COOP-NATCCO (Cooperatives-National Confederation of Cooperatives), VFP (Veterans Freedom Party), AA-KASOSYO, and ALIF (Ang Laban ng Indiginong Filipino).
In the Manifesto of Support, the party-list representatives said they “believed in Gibo’s vision for the country and the Filipino people, and are willing to support him for the realization of his vision.” They said the former defense secretary possesses the qualities that “we are looking for in a leader to lead us through this nightmare of life.”
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