Leody de Guzman doubts Alyansa slate is ‘intact’

Senatorial candidate Leody de Guzman said on Tuesday that he’s not convinced that the Marcos administration’s 11-man senatorial slate is “intact” as it claimed to be despite the individual endorsements of its bets from personalities outside of the alliance. 

“Walang naniniwala na solido’t nagkakaisa ang koalisyon ng administrasyon. Patunay dito ay ang pagkakaiba-iba nila ng pananaw sa pagkaka-aresto kay sa dating Pangulo, at ang resulta ng iba’t-ibang survey na pababa ang ranking ng kanilang mga kandidato,” said De Guzman in a statement. 

(No one believes that the administration's coalition is solid and united. The proof of this is their differing views on the arrest of the former president, and the results of various surveys that show their candidates' rankings are declining.) 

The labor leader was reacting to the earlier statement of Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas' campaign manager and Navotas Representative Toby Tiangco who said that the five party coalition remains unbroken. 

"[B]ecause politics is about addition, not division. It is about building coalitions. And in any election every bit of support counts... Ang bawat pag-endorso na makukuha ng bawat kandidato ng Alyansa ay patunay na pagtango at pagyakap sa Bagong Pilipinas na isinusulong ng ating Pangulo (Every endorsement for an Alyansa candidate if proof of public approval of the Bagong Pilipinas being advanced by the President). And that is what matters most," Tiangco said. 

For his part, De Guzman said that the coalition has united “traitors” and never thought about the plight of workers. 

“Kung may unity nga sila, unity ito ng mga traydor at tirador dahil nag gagamitan lamang sila para sa kanilang sariling ambisyon. Pero kailanman ay hindi nila ka-unity ang manggagawa’t mamamayan dahil sa kawalan nila ng aksyon sa mahahalagang usapin gaya ng dagdag sahod, legalisasyon ng manpower agencies, runaway inflation at climate crisis,” he added. 

(If they really have unity, it is a unity of traitors and opportunists because they only use each other for their own ambitions. But they will never have unity with the workers and the people because of their lack of action on important issues such as wage increases, legalization of manpower agencies, runaway inflation and the climate crisis.) 

Further, De Guzman is unfazed with the survey results wherein Alyansa bets are leading. 

“Mas marami sa ating mga kababayan ngayon, ang hindi takot sumubok sa mga bagong pangalan na nagdadala ng progresibong plataporma gaya ng mga kabataang estudyante. Consistent sa mga campus survey na walang lumulusot sa mga reelectionists o mula sa political dynasty,” he said. 

(A lot more of our countrymen today are not afraid to try new names that carry progressive platforms, such as young students. Consistent with campus surveys, no one is slipping in among the reelectionists or from the political dynasty.

“Hindi na nila mabubudol pa ang mamamayang gutom, pinagkaitan ng pampublikong serbisyo at pinagsasamantalahan.”

(They can no longer fool the hungry, deprived of public services, and exploited people.) 

GMA News Online is trying to reach out to Alyansa for comment. —RF, GMA Integrated News

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