Laguna Execs Guarantee Gibo Victory in May 2010 Elections.
Laguna Execs Guarantee Gibo Victory in May 2010 Elections
Binan, Laguna-Laguna’s local chief executives have promised to put a lot of effort for the success of Lakas-Kampi-CMD presidential bet and former defense secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. in the May 10 elections. There are governor no less plus nearly 25 current mayors in the vote-rich province vowing their firm support behind his rolling presidential campain.
The pledge of support was spearheaded by Governor Teresita “Ningning” Lazaro, who stated that Gibo, besides being a Harvard-trained lawyer and 1989 bar top-notcher, he is not only academically superior to his rivals in the presidential race, but also has a apparent platform of government that would further drive the development of Laguna’s vigorous economy.
Twenty-five of Laguna’s 30 municipal and city mayors have already pledged their support for Gibo, next to several vice mayors in the province, Lazaro said. “We have a complete lineup of mayors of whom 25 are incumbent mayors and the rest are incumbent vice mayors running for mayoral posts,” Lazaro said. “All are solidly behind Gibo.”
Lazaro said Laguna’s political leaders would campaign hard to deliver majority of the province’s more than one million votes for Gibo come Election Day.
In Gibo’s various stops in Laguna last Wednesday, he was met by expressions of support from its local officials, who included Mayors Marlyn “Lenlen” Alonte-Naguit and Vice Mayor Walfredo Dimaguila Jr. of Biñan; Mayor Calixto
In his visit to the province, Gibo was practically mobbed by students during his motorcades and campus tours at the Colegio de San Pedro and the University of Perpetual Help in Biñan.
On separate occasions, Gibo exhorted students from the two schools to exercise their right to vote and choose on May 10, pointing out that their sector-the youth-would shape the outcome of the elections because it constitutes the biggest voting bloc in this year’s national balloting. “The Filipino youth of today are fortunate because they have all the means to gather the information they need to find out in choosing the right candidate in the elections. They have all the technology at their disposal, including mass media like TV, radio and newspapers, and even the Internet,” Gibo said.
“Use your power in an informed way. You have to participate not only by listening but by seeking, researching and finding out the truth behind major issues,” he added. Unveiling his platform of government before his captive young audience
during his campus visits in Laguna, Gibo said he would focus on basic education reforms, topped by a student loan program for tertiary students to produce at least one degree holder in every Filipino family; food security; instituting a universal participative healthcare system; continuity of the public infrastructure buildup; environmental protection; and a non-compromising stand versus crime and terrorism.
