and af-

effectivelv impleflenting sa tao si Presjdent Du- tics till he leaves office

president of the Lakas- ---1tt."d i"btoO" Du- terte. He is not an elil,e three years from now,"
Christian Muslim Demo- ,.""1'."-111i-corruption type. He is always in said Villafuerte.
crats (CMD) and was en- -antra. addressing. pov- touch with l,be ordinary 'ftesident Duterte has
dorsed by Mayor Sara as ertv. imorovinq lar/, and people and there is a sta- bucked the conr'entional
Philippine Constitution Speaker of l,he incoming order b'v waEing war ble electoral democracy wisdom of an incumbent
Association {Philconsa) l8th Congress. a-sainst;iminak aid ter- uoder his adminjstra- Chief Executive turning
President Martin Ro- The leading adminis" .;iisre imolemenliris his Lion," said Romualdez. less oooular and into a l

mualdez, who makes a tratioD senatoiial candi- b-;ili-'Bad, Bu d iirfra- Camafioes Sur Rep, politicai
Doliticai . lameduck after
comeback as Iayte's first dates in tbe Magic 12 ir- proiects, and LRay Villafuerte and ihe *idte.- polls on hia
re-electioniis! Sens. ";;";
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,-""" or her watch."
district congressman, clude re-electionis!
stressed this after nine Cynthia Villar, Sonny An-
----iie nitrbrs.
^ir,i'""" Depriry Soeaker and Ba-
Denriw Speaker
oeople haye wit tadgas Rep. Raneo Abu. "The results are actu-
senatorial bets endorsed gara, Aquilino'Koko' Pi- Frdsident' Du- both stalwarts of tbe allv not suroaising if we
bv Duterte and rcelected mentel ll], Deputy Speal<- "r".Ji.."'" "t.an. accountable, Nacionalsta Pany (NP). ari to take' i nto ionsid-
davao City Mayor and er and Taguig City Rep. ;;d- ir;;;parenr govem: echoed Romualdez's ob- eration the fact that
Hugpong ng Pagbabago Pia cayetano, lormer mpnr. The hesident is a servalion. President Duterte's aP_
(HNP) chairperson Sara Sen. Ramon "Bong" Re- ,.-"."".""" action man Villafuerte said tbe oroval and trust ratings
Duterte are poised to win villa, Jr.,Ilo@3 Norte Gou. r"J u.iv much deter- electjon results will give iemain at record high
the 2019 senatorial elec- Imee Marcos, former -;".6 id address graft President Dutert€ a Iiesh levels ai tlfs ti-me when
tion based on partial and presidential aide Bong Co, He is=sues mandat€ to push further his Dredecessors see
unofficial results. lormer Philippine Nalion- "nJ -;otioo,
n",1.t" $^thout alibis," refoms and i$tiatjves in their iatinss rapidly de-
"The outstanding al Potice {PNP) chief Bato Romualdez, adding keeping with his agenda cline durins this same
showin-s of hesident Du- dela Rosa. and former ""11 iil"t F.."ident DuterG to suslain the growrh midtcrm peiod," Villafir-
terte a-nd Mayor Sara's presidential adviser for ia.q been effectins the momentum and reduce erte said. "The election
senatorial candidates only political affairs Francis ;;.;s;arv social re-forms poverty incidence !o just results show that the
affrned the solid support Tolentino. in th€ c6untry. perce by 2022.
14 rThe oeoole want the Senate
Romualdez, a veteran -- iioto""la""'"f* poittt-
'to iemain supportive of,
of majority of Filipino still unofficial
Deoole to President Du- three-term Leyte con- .a ot t ttrat Filipinos are seoate race tally, in instead of being an ob-
i"rti." oia Romualdez as Fr€ssman who was BIoc the more satisfied irith Du- which nine adminislra- structionist chamber to,
he r6iteratpd his commiL House Independent ter{€ lhan any other gov- Lion-backed bets are on the reforms and initia-
of the 16tb coD- ernment ofEcial because the Top 12 list. is a crys-
ment to pu-sh the legisla- leaderqedit€d tives that President Du-
tive agEnda of the Presi- gress, the strong tt. t"o*" how to deal tal claar message that tert€ wants to push in the
dent in the next three public support to Dutert€ s *it]r various concems alrd Preaident Dutede re- in.omins
rncomrng 18th Congress
Coneress
campaign promises which i.alk to ordrnaiy people. mains lhe most dominant
' :Marunong- in support of his inclusive
-vearg.
Romualdez is also the Presidenl bas been Suniaba force in Philippine poli- growth agenda."
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