Former Batangas governor and paroled convict Jose Antonio Leviste on Friday expressed his support for Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Gregorio Honasan and their senatorial candidates as he criticized the Aquino administration for "destroying" the country.
"Hindi maaring hindi ako magkusa na tumulong sapagkat si Vice President ay kasa-kasama sa Makati," Leviste said in a campaign rally of the United Nationalist Alliance in Bauan, Batangas.
While performing magic tricks, he said that it was the Aquino administration that destroyed the country.
"Ang istorya ng Pilipinas bago pa naging presidente si PNoy, bago pa nagkaroon ng Daang Matuwid, ang Pilipinas buo at nagkakaisa, mapayapa, at maunlad. Noong naging Presidente si PNoy, inupakan ang Chief Justice, ikinulong yung tatlong senador kaya nagkapunit punit ang Pilipinas," he said.
"Ngayon ay wala nang pag asa ang Pilipinas maliban na lang kung magkasama-sama kay Binay, ang Pilipinas buo na ulit," he added.
He also urged residents of Bauan to vote for Binay and other UNA candidates.
"Sa tagal kong naging gobernador ngayon lang ako hihingi ng pabor na bumoto sa isang presidente sapagkat sa aking paniniwala na walang makakatulong sa Batangas, kundi isang Batangueno. Walang magmamalasakit sa Batangas kundi isang Batangueno," he said.
Binay's father hails from Bauan, Batangas.
Leviste was charged with murder for the 2007 shooting of his long-time aide Rafael de las Alas. He was convicted in January 2009 for the lesser offense of homicide, with the court saying the killing of De las Alas did not appear to be premeditated.
He was punished to serve a minimum sentence of six years and a maximum sentence of 12 years, but it was slashed to just a little under five years after he earned "good conduct time allowance."
The Board of Pardon and Parole approved Leviste's parole application in November 2013, allowing him to be released from New Bilibid Prison the following month.
President Aquino questioned the grant of parole on Leviste when he was charged with evasion of service of sentenced for “escaping” from prison in May 2011.
The President, however, did not reverse the parole grant.— APG/KBK, GMA News
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