Cayetano happy to be independent

Billy Begas

Former House Speaker and incumbent Taguig-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano is happy to be an independent candidate in the 2022 senatorial election.

“I’m happy being an independent, and I think it will give me the ability to talk to all the presidentiables who are willing to talk,” said Cayetano during his recent visit in Lucena City, Quezon where he had a talk with coconut farmers.

Cayetano gave the farmers a copy of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act signed by President Rodrigo Duterte as a sign of a fulfilled promise to help coconut farmers.

During the 2016 campaign, Duterte and his running mate Cayetano promised to help coconut farmers.

“It’s more sentimental, because we made a promise to coconut farmers together dito sa Quezon,” Cayetano added. “First and foremost, it’s our campaign promise of Duterte-Cayetano (to) farmers, coco farmers, secondly I was the principal author (in the) House. So I’m here to support that.”

Cayetano admitted that he does not agree with all that the Duterte administration has done “but hindi din dapat mawala dun sa mga mabubuting kailangan gawin at tapusin.”

He noted that the Duterte administration still has time to cement a positive legacy in its last few months in power — a period he called the “last two minutes.”

“At di ba tayong mga Pilipino, mahilig tayo sa basketball e, so yung last two minutes napaka-importante. Ang daming projects na pwedeng tapusin in the ‘last two minutes,’” he added. “Ang makikinabang naman dito ay hindi yung mga pulitiko, hindi ang administrasyon, kundi ang taumbayan.”

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