THE political parties Nationalist People’s Coalition, PDP-Laban and the United Nationalist Alliance in Bohol have joined ranks to form the Bohol United Opposition or BUO to ensure the victory of Vice PresidenT Jejomar Binay in this year’s presidential elections.
The group, led by Rep. Erico Aumentado, said the new alliance was composed of board members, mayors, vice mayors and councilors and new congressional candidates for the first and third districts.
Meanwhile, administration bet Manuel Roxas II said Wednesday he once wrote Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte telling him of the proliferation of drugs in his city when he was head of the Interior Department.
Roxas made the statement after Duterte called him a protector of drug lords all over the country.
“Mayor Duterte may have forgotten that I wrote him a letter because the [Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency] themselves pointed out that 72 out of Davao’s 180 barangays are heavily drug infested that’s why we wrote a letter,” Roxas told reporters.
The Bohol United Opposition was formally launched at the Metro Center Hotel with JV Bautista, UNA secretary general, in attendance.
Bautista thanked the group for the early announcement of their declaration of support for Binay.
“Now it is Bohol standing in full force for Vice President Binay,” Bautista said.
“The Vice President appreciates deeply your kind support and he will ensure that your priority concerns will be given priority action once he is elected into office.’’