VOL. 9 ISSUE 4 • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016
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DMINISTRATION presidential bet former Internal and Local Government secretary Mar Roxas obviously got irked when he was asked about the presence of his broadcaster-wife Korina Sanchez-Roxas during the distribution of agricultural equipment of the Department of Agriculture (DA). In an interview yesterday during his visit in a Banana Plantation in Barangay Sampao, Kapalong, Davao del Norte, Roxas denied that his wife is always present every time the agency distributes agricultural equipment to the countrysides. “Yang mga ganyan na wala basehan, kailangan ko bang komentohan yan (Do I need to comment on that baseless accusation),”he said. When EDGE Davao asked to clarify why his wife’s presence is being noted in the distribution activity of DA such as in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato last month and Tagum City, Davao del Norte last week, Roxas started to raise his voice and replied that Sanchez-Roxas did not volunteer herself to join DA’s distribution but she was invited to speak by the department. “Ina-anyayahan siya na makidalo and magbigay ng mensahe. Kung nagkakataon sa kanilang schedule ay dumdalo siya (She was invited to join and to give message. If there is no problem with her schedule she joins),” he said. EDGE Davao tried to press more clarification from his end but Roxas just retorted “may ano ba na hindi siya pwede mangampanya para sa kanyang asawa (Is there a law that prohibits her to campaign for her husband)?” “Ano ang isyu? Na siya’y nangangampanya para sa
kanyang asawa. Yan ba ay tama o mali o illegal (What is the issue? That she campaigns for her husband. Is it rigth or wrong or illegal),” he added. Roxas told this reporter to ask him straightly if his wife used something from the government even if her wife is using their own vehicle and fund while Sanchez going around the country. “Misis ko ito. Sinasabi mo ba na ginagamit ng misis ko ang… Una pribado ang kanyang sasakyan, pribadong pera ang kanyang ginagamit, inaanyayahan siya. Sinanasabi mo ba na hindi siya dapat pumunta kung saan siya iniimbita (She is my wife. Are you saying that my wife is using… First, she is using her private vehicle, she used her personal fund, she was invited. Are you saying that she she should not go to the event where sheis invited)?” he said. “Parang ginagawan mo lang ito ng isyu na wala naman isyu (It seems like you are just making issue even if there is no issue),” Roxas told EDGE Davao. He said not all issues being thrown to him are true because most of it are just black propaganda. Earlier, Duterte’s camp questioned the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III on the presence of Sanchez-Roxas in events where the DA handed out checks and farm equipment to farmers. Duterte’s spokesperson Peter Laviña said Sanchez-Roxas is always present during DA distribution of agriculture equipment to the farmers. “Korina is now an accomplice in a systematic shameless act that conditions the electorate to accept dole-outs in exchange for votes,” Lavina had said in an earlier statement.
PISSED. Administration presidential bet former Interior and Local Government secretary Mar Roxas answers questions from the media during a break in a banana plantation visit in Barangay Sampao, Kapalong Davao del Norte. Roxas was obviously irked when asked by a reporter to explain the role of his wife during events related to government distribution programs. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
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