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By Francis Earl A. Cueto, Reporter
A supporter of former President
Joseph Estrada on Wednesday lashed out at officials of the Genuine
Opposition for easing him out after the Partido ng Masang Pilipino
transferred its headquarters from Mandaluyong City to Makati City.
At a forum in Club Filipino in
Greenhills, San Juan, Linggoy Alcuaz, PMP campaign leader, vented
his ire on GO campaign manager Sen. Sergio Osmeña and spokesman
Adel Tamano.
“They kept us in the dark.
I’m calling on [UNO Chairman Jejomar] Binay and Erap [Joseph
Estrada] to restore democracy in the opposition. PMP is among key
organizers of UNO, which consortium gave birth GO,” Alcuaz said.
He said only Estrada could remove
him as liaison officer.
“We’ve to show them some
muscle because they treat kindness as a weakness. I’m prepared to
go all the way. They will take the fire from me,” Alcuaz warned.
In a press briefing at GO
headquarters, deputy campaign manager and San Juan Mayor Joseph
Victor “JV” Ejercito brushed aside Alcuaz’s claim and said the
issued should not affect the operations of the coalition.
“It’s an internal thing. I
think it should not affect the overall function [of GO],” Ejercito
said.
He belied the accusation of
Alcuaz that he was junked by Osmena, saying that “only candidates
are junked.”
“The bottom line is that our
senatorial candidates are occupying the top spots in the poll
surveys,” Ejercito said.
Alcuaz said Osmeña never told
him about the transfer of GO’s operations center.
Ejercito said the new
headquarters of GO on the third floor of the Manila Bank building on
Ayala Avenue would serve as a nerve center and media bureau of the
opposition for the rest of the campaign.
“Our transfer here only shows
that we are slowly being more mature and more organized,” he said.
Tamano said it is not his duty to
inform Alcuaz but of the coalition’s media bureau.
“In fact, the 409 people
volunteered to bring in one of their men to work here,” Tamano
said.
He said Alcuaz is just one man
and “does not represent the whole PMP.”
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