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Poe says leased planes from legitimate firms

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ILOILO CITY—Independent presidential candidate Grace Poe said Tuesday the owners of the airplanes her team had been using in their campaign sorties were from legitimate and law-abiding companies.

The senator made the statement after Liberal Party standard bearer Manuel Roxas II challenged her to reveal the owners of the airplanes they had been using to campaign around the country.

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She said the people who owned those airplanes  would not be given preferential treatment in case she won the presidency in the May elections.

“I can assure you that when our SOCE [Statement of Contributions and Expenses is issued], just see if they will be given extra favors,” Poe said. 

She made her statement even as Roxas on Tuesday admitted connections to a top mining executive who owned the various airplanes that he said he had been leasing for use in his campaign.

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“I personally know [Francis] Eric Gutierrez who is a personal friend,” Roxas said in Silay City.

“All I know is that he’s a winner of a contest both international and local for the good performance of his company. He’s my friend so what’s wrong with that?”

On Friday, Duterte accused Roxas of corruption for leasing planes from Gutierrez whose SR Mining Inc. was fined by the government in 2007 for over-extracting nickel ore.

Poe said they needed airplanes to move around the country while campaigning.

She said they were thankful to the people who lent them their airplanes, adding they would come out with their names in the SOCE they would file with the Commission on Elections.

Her running mate, Senator Francis Escudero, said they would be revealing everything in the SOCE “just like what we did in the past.”

He said they will not hide anything as in the previous years. They will abide by the Comelec’s rules and regulations. 

 

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