Nograles will stay after all. Today, he disagreed with his declaration of leaving the ruling party previously.
Speaker Prospero Nograles denied the said statement only a handful hours after announcing that he was considering resignation from the ruling Lakas-Kampi-Christian Muslim Democrats.
“Why will I resign? Why? Why should I? No, I am not transferring. I am the Lakas president,” Nograles told reporters covering his campaign sortie in Davao City last Monday. He said that as a senior member, he could not allow such thing.
According to reports, Nograles advised its standard-bearer, Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro, to “fall into place” or party members may possibly shift to take on another presidential candidate, in a statement issued Tuesday that inquisitively dropped Kampi from the name of the ruling party.
“Enough is enough. Gibo must shape up—address the grievances of Lakas members, recover their confidence, motivate the party—or he ships out of the party,” said Nograles, who is seeking the mayor’s seat in Davao.
On the phone with the Inquirer in Iloilo City, Antique Rep. Exequiel Javier said “the coalition is imploding and more will be leaving.”
Javier agreed with Nograles’ previous proclamation that the party was in “frenzy,” with a lot of displeased members planning to withdraw their support. However, Gibo warned party stalwarts against using him as the root for abondoning.
“This is all I can say. Nobody should use me or the party as a reason to defect,” he told reporters before meeting with local supporters at Del Rio Hotel in Iloilo Tuesday.
Furthermore, Lakas Kampi standard bearer stated that he would run his own campaign “regardless of the defections.”
He said in the statement that Nograles issued previously on Monday, Lakas-Kampi-CMD members were “dizzy” over what had been taking place in the party.
“Even as a senior officer of the party, I hardly know what’s happening because they make decisions without the courtesy of even briefing us,” he said.
