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Carpio on infighting in PDP-Laban: There's a lot of maneuvering
By VIRGIL LOPEZ,GMA NewsRetired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday weighed in on the infighting in the ruling PDP-Laban and its impact on the political landscape ahead of the 2022 elections.
Carpio, one of the convenors of opposition coalition 1Sambayan, said rivalry among political personalities is “normal in an election at this stage.”
“At this stage, there is a lot of maneuvering and they may be able to unify or not. We don’t know,” he said in an online press conference.
He said the opposition could only benefit “if the administration candidates are fighting each other and there will be many of them running [for president].”
Senator Manny Pacquiao, a potential presidential candidate, and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, party vice chairman, have been asserting authority
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Malacañang, however, said Cusi had the blessing of the party chairman—President Rodrigo Duterte — to organize these gatherings.
Pacquiao’s faction ousted Cusi and two other officials from the party last week, but the Palace said Duterte recognized Cusi’s leadership.
Cusi earlier claimed that the rift between them started when they were not informed about the PDP-Laban’s change of leadership when Pacquiao became party president.
Duterte has also lashed out at Pacquiao after the senator claimed that corruption has worsened under the current administration and found the government’s stance on the West Philippine Sea issue lacking.
The President will preside over the PDP-Laban national assembly organized by Cusi on Saturday.—AOL, GMA News