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Accompanied by their respective families, members of the Nacionalista Party’s slate for the 2010 elections led by standard-bearer Sen. Manuel “Manny" Villar Jr. filed on Monday their certificates of candidacy (COC) amid a festive frenzy around the Commission on Elections’ head office in Manila.
Villar, who was wearing his signature orange shirt, formalized his bid for the presidency at around 9:30 a.m. He was accompanied by his wife Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar and their three children.
“Simula ito ng hangarin nating i-ahon sa kahirapan ang ating mga kababayan (This is the beginning of the fulfillment of our aspiration to raise our countrymen out of poverty)," Villar said upon filing his COC, as his family members cheered on.
Villar’s running mate, Sen. Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, meanwhile, vowed to continue her campaign on climate change as she filed her COC.
"Hindi kami lalaban sa kapwa Pilipino. Ang lalabanan namin ay ang gutom, kahirapan, at climate change (We will not fight against fellow Filipinos. Instead, we will take on a fight against hunger, poverty and climate change)," said Legarda, who also came into the Comelec office with her two sons.
Among those who filed their COCs were senatorial aspirants under the Nacionalista Party: Sen. Pia Cayetano, lawyers Adel Tamano and Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, former Marine Capt. Ramon Mitra III, detained Marine Col. Ariel Querubin and overseas Filipino workers champion Susan Ople, daughter of the late Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople.
Cayetano was accompanied by her brother, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. Pimentel-Gana, meanwhile, came with her father, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
Querubin, who is facing mutiny charges in connection with the February 2006 coup, was able to file his COC after securing a special pass from detention at Camp Aquinaldo in Quezon City.
Clad in full fatigue uniform and escorted by members of the military, Querubin formalized his senatorial bid with his wife and three children clinging to his arms.
“Ngayon lang kami nagkasama-sama. Lahat ng mga school activities nila, hindi ko napuntahan (This is the only time we are reunited as a family. I failed to attend all school activities of my children)," an emotional Querubin told reporters after filing his COC.
The decorated Marine officer also called for a total gun ban in the province of Maguindanao, in light of the recent massacre in Ampatuan town.
“Dapat disarmahan lahat ng private armies diyan at dapat talaga total gun ban," said Querubin.
Bongbong
Also present during the filing was Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who filed his COC last Saturday. Marcos Jr. was accompanied by his sister, Imee Marcos. [See: Bongbong files COC...]
Other members of the NP senatorial line-up are Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who formalized her senatorial bid last Friday, and Sen. Ramon “Bong" Revilla, who is expected to file his COC later today.
NP spokesperson Gilbert Remulla said the party has also reserved two slots in its senatorial slate for militant party-list Representatives Liza Maza and Satur Ocampo.
Maza and Ocampo, who filed their COCs last Sunday, were originally part of the NP slate but dropped out after Villar allied with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan and included Bongbong in the senatorial line-up.
Villar, who was wearing his signature orange shirt, formalized his bid for the presidency at around 9:30 a.m. He was accompanied by his wife Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar and their three children.
“Simula ito ng hangarin nating i-ahon sa kahirapan ang ating mga kababayan (This is the beginning of the fulfillment of our aspiration to raise our countrymen out of poverty)," Villar said upon filing his COC, as his family members cheered on.
Villar’s running mate, Sen. Loren Legarda of the Nationalist People’s Coalition, meanwhile, vowed to continue her campaign on climate change as she filed her COC.
"Hindi kami lalaban sa kapwa Pilipino. Ang lalabanan namin ay ang gutom, kahirapan, at climate change (We will not fight against fellow Filipinos. Instead, we will take on a fight against hunger, poverty and climate change)," said Legarda, who also came into the Comelec office with her two sons.
Among those who filed their COCs were senatorial aspirants under the Nacionalista Party: Sen. Pia Cayetano, lawyers Adel Tamano and Gwendolyn Pimentel-Gana, former Marine Capt. Ramon Mitra III, detained Marine Col. Ariel Querubin and overseas Filipino workers champion Susan Ople, daughter of the late Foreign Affairs Secretary Blas Ople.
Cayetano was accompanied by her brother, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano. Pimentel-Gana, meanwhile, came with her father, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr.
Querubin, who is facing mutiny charges in connection with the February 2006 coup, was able to file his COC after securing a special pass from detention at Camp Aquinaldo in Quezon City.
Clad in full fatigue uniform and escorted by members of the military, Querubin formalized his senatorial bid with his wife and three children clinging to his arms.
“Ngayon lang kami nagkasama-sama. Lahat ng mga school activities nila, hindi ko napuntahan (This is the only time we are reunited as a family. I failed to attend all school activities of my children)," an emotional Querubin told reporters after filing his COC.
The decorated Marine officer also called for a total gun ban in the province of Maguindanao, in light of the recent massacre in Ampatuan town.
“Dapat disarmahan lahat ng private armies diyan at dapat talaga total gun ban," said Querubin.
Bongbong
Also present during the filing was Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who filed his COC last Saturday. Marcos Jr. was accompanied by his sister, Imee Marcos. [See: Bongbong files COC...]
Other members of the NP senatorial line-up are Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who formalized her senatorial bid last Friday, and Sen. Ramon “Bong" Revilla, who is expected to file his COC later today.
NP spokesperson Gilbert Remulla said the party has also reserved two slots in its senatorial slate for militant party-list Representatives Liza Maza and Satur Ocampo.
Maza and Ocampo, who filed their COCs last Sunday, were originally part of the NP slate but dropped out after Villar allied with the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan and included Bongbong in the senatorial line-up.
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