PARLIAMENTARIANS GATHER IN MANILA: Hon. Isara Sunthornvut, member of Parliament, Thailand; Batanes Rep. Henedina Abad; Transportation Sec. Joseph Emilio Abaya; Senate President Franklin M. Drilon; Hon. Sam Rainsy, leader of the Cambodian opposition; Hon. Graham Watso, member of European Parliament, United Kingdom; and Rainer Adam, Friedrich Neumann Foundation Southeast and East Asia Regional Director are among the 120 liberal and democrat leaders who participated in the 120th anniversary of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) held today/November 9, 2013 in the Manila Hotel. Drilon reminds his fellow parliamentarians that exercising the core liberal values are more important than becoming the party in power. Cesar Tomambo/Senate PRIB