Press Release August 5, 2014 Transcript of Interview of Senate President Franklin M. Drilon Q: Kinu-consider ba ng LP si VP Binay as guest candidate? SPFMD: Wala kaming pinag-uusapan dahil amin pong hinhintay ang desisyon ng Pangulong Noynoy bilang aming chairman. He will have a big say who will be the standard bearer of the LP. So at this point, we have not discussed it. Q: May possibility na maimbithan siya? We have not discussed it. Q: Saan po kaya nanggagaling yung ganoong rumors? SPFMD: Hindi ko alam. Q: You mentioned may mga spin masters? SPFMD: Because malapit na yung 2016, marami na namang - syempre, spin masters are there. Q: May puwang po ba si VP Binay sa LP? SPFMD: Next topic. Q: Kino-consider ba ng LP na magkaroon ng tagalabas? SPFMD: We have not discussed it. The President, being the chairman of the Party, he has a big say who the candidate of the LP will be. Certainly, the President will anoint somebody who will continue the reforms and who can show that indeed he is a candidate that has supported the reforms that were done by the President. Q: Si Sec. Mar pa rin ba ang standard bearer ng LP? SPFMD: The President will make the final decision as chairman of the party. Q: Kapag kayo ang napili? SPFMD: Pupulutin ako sa kangkungan siguro (laughs). You can see me walk here every day. I give it my best. The work in the Senate is my primary task at sisikapin kong gawin ang lahat para maibalik ang tiwala ng taumbayan sa Senado. Q: Is the LP open to coalescing with the UNA? SPFMD: Wala po kaming pinag-uusapan. Q: Si Secretary Mar pa rin yun who tops the list of possible LP standard bearer? SPFMD: If Sec. Mar makes public his desire to run for president, the Liberal Party will support him and I assume the president will support him. Q: Ngayon Sir hindi pa lang siya nag-e-express? SPFMD: Wala akong...Well, he has not made any public statement. Q: On the Senate budget SPFMD: Unang pinag aaralan namin yung capital outlay. Yung capital outlay na nagawa na last year, siguradong hindi na ibabalik. Tinitingnan namin yung items, but that is part of the process. Q: Sa Lower House daw mas mataas this time around? SPFMD: Hindi ko pa alam. |
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