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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – The Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) was allegedly courting Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
Will his ally and 2016 election running mate Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran follow him if he decides to move to the ruling party?
“Personally, I would prefer [staying] in LP (Liberal Party),” Familiaran said.
Familiaran ran under the Leonardia-led local party Grupo Progreso (GP). Leonardia and Rep. Greg Gasataya, on the other hand, carried the banner of the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC).
Leonardia was rumored to be moving to President Rodrigo Duterte’s party after Secretary-General Yves Akol was seen at the former’s office on Sept. 19.
Asked if he is jumping ship, Leonardia did not give a categorical answer.
All the mayor said was that he will consult with the local NPC and GP members and that he already spoke with NPC president Giorgidi Aggabao and chairman Faustino Dy Jr. regarding the matter.
Akol had said he was at the mayor’s office to “hand in” an application for membership.
Familiaran, Leonardia and Gasataya have discussed this on Sept. 18 and had attended a “fellowship” with PDP-Laban at L’Fisher Hotel two weeks ago, the vice mayor disclosed.
“I am just waiting for the decision of Leonardia, but personally I would prefer [staying] in LP,” Familiaran stressed.
Belonging to a different party does not mean you cannot support the programs of the President, he said.
Familiaran said they still have time to make up their minds since the new PDP-Laban members in Negros Occidental were scheduled to take oath on Oct. 1 yet./PN
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