PDP-Laban gets flak for backing son of founders’ ‘nemesis’

MANILA, Philippines ---"How PDP-Laban can now support the candidacy of their founding fathers' nemesis is beyond any principled choice," Lito Banayo, the campaign manager of Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, said on Tuesday in a press briefing at the Aksyon Demokratiko headquarters in Manila. Banayo was referring to the PDP-Laban faction led by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, which had endorsed the presidential bid of Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Banayo pointed out the party was an alliance founded by late Senators Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and Benigno Aquino Jr. to overthrow the dictatorship of Bongbong's father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr. Banayo said the party should wait for whoever Pres...

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