MANILA – Former Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. said his recent plunder acquittal and political advertisement on television and radio played big roles on his impending return to the Senate.
Revilla on Friday said the voters trusted him again after being acquitted from plunder raps in relation to alleged misuse of his priority development assistance fund when he was still a senator.
He was detained for 4 years for the alleged embezzlement of P224-million.
“Siguro malaking bagay dito ‘yung paglabas ng katotohanan na si Bong Revilla ay walang kasalanan,” Revilla said.
The Sandiganbayan acquitted him last year after failing to establish a direct link on him with pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles.
Revilla said his “budots” political advertisement did the trick in his Senate return as it went viral on social media and spawned several memes.
“Syempre malaking bagay din ‘yung mga ad, ‘yung ‘budots’ malaking bagay din. Hindi ko malaman kung ‘yun ba ay positive or negative. Hindi ko alam kung nakadagdag ba ‘yun o nakatawag ng boto,” Revilla said.
“Actually wala naman talaga akong balak sumayaw, talagang pinush lang ako nila Jolo,” he added referring to his son Jolo Revilla.
“Kailangan ‘yung name recall, ‘yung number na matandaan nila tapos ‘yung messaging mo na nandito na si Bong,” Revilla said.
“Hindi ganun kababaw na tumugtog lang ‘yun, kumbaga may laman from the part of marketing,” he added.
Revilla said he was hopeful the social media bashers will now stop as the midterm elections have concluded. He called for unity among his allies and detractors.
“Ito ang masakit sa social media, ‘yung panggigiba ng kandidato, pangbabato ng fake news, masasakit na salita. Sana matigil na ‘yun,” he said.
“After 90 days tama na, dapat lahat magtulong-tulong na. Walang dilaw, walang pula, walang puti, sama-sama tayong lahat para sa bayan,” added Revilla. /PN
