So, does this mean Pampanga Gov. Lilia “Baby” Pineda and former president and current Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are no longer friends?
“On Thursday, March 17, at a gathering of nearly 15,000 people who filled the Capitol Compound in Santo Niño Village in San Fernando City, Pampanga, Pineda, a staunch ally of Arroyo, vowed to support the administration coalition in May’s national elections,” reports Nikko Dizon in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
President Noynoy Aquino had visited Pampanga with Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas and vice presidential bet Leni Robredo. Pampanga has a voting population of 1.28 million.
Addressing Aquino, Pineda declared, “Mr. President, you poured in billions of pesos worth of projects, especially in infrastructure, here in Pampanga and [those] funds were for the development of the province of Pampanga. All of the [people of Pampanga] here today promise you that they will support all of your candidates.”
The report noted: “Pineda also declared Pampanga’s support for President Aquino’s hopes and dreams for more growth and development for the whole country.”
