THE camp of presidential bet Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday called the Liberal Party “shameless, loathsome” over the use of government vehicles by the supporters of administration standard bearer Manuel Roxas II and his running mate Leni Robredo.
Paola Alvarez, spokeswoman of the Partido Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan, questioned the LP’s use of a mini-dump truck loaded with yellow campaign posters in Zamboanga Sibugay, and a black Toyota Hilux (SDK-417) also loaded with a campaign materials bearing the word Roxas under the administration slogan “Daang Matuwid.”
“Daang Matuwid is but a platform of deceit that has been conditioning the minds of Filipinos that this administration has been clean and efficient, when in reality it is corrupt and worse than the past administrations,” Alvarez said in a statement.
“It is not only a sham—it is shameless and loathsome.”
Alvarez said the Aquino administration was “obviously at the height of desperation as its candidates continue to lag behind in the surveys.”
“This is proof of what desperation is,” she said.
“This administration is willing to do everything to the extent of devouring our national resources just so it can push its cards on the table.”
Peter Laviña, Duterte’s spokesman, said Roxas had been dangling the administration’s programs in his sorties win over voters.
He earlier accused Roxas of boasting he would expand the bottom-up budgeting program for the local governments if he won the presidency in this year’s elections.
“Government resources are now officially the campaign kitty of the bets of the administration,” Laviña said.