3 more Cavite towns pledge support to Ping Lacson’s presidential bid

Officials and residents of the towns of Carmona, Silang and General Mariano Alvarez (GMA) in Cavite threw their support behind Partido Reporma standard bearer Senator Panfilo Lacson on Friday as hundreds pledged their allegiance to the party and its reform advocacies.

Led by host Carmona Mayor Roy M. Loyola and Cavite 5th District Rep. Dahlia Loyola, the executives and locals of the three southeastern Cavite towns pledged to back the presidential bid of their provincemate Lacson in the 2022 elections, after the senator visited his hometown of Imus earlier in the day.

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Lacson thanked his townmates and fellow Cavitenos for their constant support and even reminded them that they made him the province’s top vote-getter in the 2004 elections when he first ran for president.

In introducing the longtime public servant to a socially-distanced crowd, Mayor Loyola compared Lacson to the late Singaporean leader Lee Kuan Yew as a strong, able, and truthful leader that could govern the country properly and give it the hope it needed if he wins the polls in May next year.

“Ang susi ng pag-unlad ng Singapore ay ang paghalal nila ng lider na may kakayahan, katapatan, katapangan, at karunungan sa katauhan ni Lee Kuan Yew,” the mayor said.

“Matagal nang naglingkod sa PNP at Senado si President Ping Lacson, kaya mahalintulad natin siya kay Lee. Siya lang ang tanging PNP chief na nagpanumbalik ng tiwala ng publiko sa kapulisan, siya ay tapat sa bayan at may tapang labanan ang krimen, at handang ipatupad ang batas na patas para sa lahat upang guminhawa ang ating mga buhay,” Loyola added.

If Singaporeans could pick a leader like the late Lee, the mayor said Filipinos could learn to pick a “matino” (sober-minded) president like Lacson, who Loyola said would give more hope to the country by helping the villages and regions progress.

Partido Reporma president and Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, who attended the event along with senatorial candidates Raffy Tulfo and Paolo Capino, said if Filipinos examined the qualifications of the current presidential candidates, none would match the over 50 years in public service of Lacson as a police officer and lawmaker.

“Bakit nanggaling pa ako sa malayo at pumunta para ipakita ang suporta kay President Ping Lacson? Suriin nating mabuti ang qualifications ng mga kandidato. Huwag tayong magpaligaw sa kulay, hindi iyon ang tunay na isyu, kundi ang kakayahan mamuno at pamunuan ang bansa sa gitna ng krisis,” Alvarez said.

The Mindanao native and former House Speaker thanked the new members for joining Partido Reporma and said Lacson’s and their party’s advocacies would not end with next year’s elections.

“Hindi ito matatapos ngayong halalan. Palalakihin at palalawigin natin ang prinsipyo ng partido, na dadalhin din ng lahat ng ating kandidato,” Alvarez said.

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