Cavite Gov. Irineo “Ayong” Maliksi and other local officials today joined the Liberal Party for the 2010 national elections, further beefing up its expanding countryside base.
Liberal standard bearers Senators Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Mar Roxas welcomed the new Cavite Liberals during a break in the LP Luzon General Assembly, which was held at the Balay Expo Centro in Cubao.
“Isang masayang okasyon ito para sa ating lahat. Malugod nating tinatanggap ang pagpasok ni Gov. Ayong Malicsi at ng kanyang mga kasamahan sa Liberal Party (This is a happy occasion for all of us. We welcome with great joy Gov. Ayong Malicsi and his officials to the Liberal Party),” Aquino said.
Roxas noted Malicsi shares the Liberals’ reform platform and has supported his and Aquino’s vision for a greater nation with a stable economy, improved social services and better governance.
“Iisa po ang aming mga adhikain. At iyan po ay ang bigyan ang mga Pilipino ng isang maayos at asensadong bansa, isang bansang maipagmamalaki nating lahat sa buong mundo (We share a common aspiration for the country: to provide Filipinos a decent government, one that we could all be proud of),” Roxas said.
The Liberal Party’s local support has extremely swelled in recent months. Aside from Malicsi’s support, the Bando Osmeña-Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), a regional political party based in Cebu City and run by the Osmeña political clan, had also thrown its support for the Aquino-Roxas 2010 tandem had also Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña, former Cebu Gov. Emilio Osmeña and former Senators John Henry Osmeña and Serge Osmeña have set aside their political differences to back the presidential and vice presidential bids, respectively, of Aquino and Roxas. Cebu is among the country’s provinces that has the most number of registered voters.
Popular television host and actor Cesar Montano, who has been named as Philippine Ambassador to the Unesco by President Arroyo, has left the administration and joined the Liberal Party. He has been designated as LP provincial chairman and would be pitted again incumbent Gov. Erico Aumentado in the Bohol gubernatorial contest.
Pangasinan Rep. Victor Agbayani, on the other hand, would be the Liberal Party’s gubernatorial bet in Pangasinan. The Guingonas and Acostas of Mindanao have likewise put behind their political differences, with Rep. Teofisto Guingona III and former Rep. Nereus Acosta joining the “Peoples’ Coalition” senatorial slate of Aquino and Roxas.
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