Palace on snap elections: It's just a wishful thinking

''It is just his wishful thinking.''

This was the response of Malacañang on the statement of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano floating the idea of a snap election of the President, Vice President, and members of the Senate and House of Representatives.

''We do not have time to talk about one's personal desires. Abala ang Pangulo na magtrabaho para sa bayan at tulungan ang mga naapektuhan ng lindol at bagyo,'' Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro told reporters on Monday. 

(The President is busy working for the country and helping those affected by the earthquake and the typhoon.) 

''Wala po siyang oras sa mga ganitong klaseng pamumulitika. Mag-focus po tayong lahat sa pangangailangan ng mamamayan hindi sa mga pansariling interes lang,'' she added. 

(He has no time for this kind of politicking. Let's focus on the needs of the citizens and not on our personal interests.) 

Cayetano had floated the idea, saying that "people have lost trust in government and government officials. Honestly, who can blame them.”

Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III warned of "uncertainty and chaos" if there will be a snap election as the country has no legal framework for it. He said that the country has no Constitutional nor legal framework for snap elections.

The Commission on Elections cannot hold snap elections without a law mandating its conduct, according to chairman George Erwin Garcia.

Interviewed over Super Radyo dzBB, Garcia said there is no current constitutional or legal framework providing for such elections under the 1987 Constitution. —AOL, GMA Integrated News