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Are they all playing dirty?
“Reporters covering the House of Representatives on Thursday, September 10, received white envelopes containing fliers against selling votes featuring the face of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas in fake PHP500 bills,” reports Elizabeth Marcelo on GMA News Online.
The report noted: “The anti-vote selling fliers were contained in white envelopes and sent via postal mail to the House of Representatives’ Media Office Affairs. The fliers bore the message ‘SALAPI PA MORE!!! Ibulsa ang pera, iboto ang kursonada (More cash!!!Take the money, but vote for who you really want)’ and three PHP500 bills bearing the face of Roxas.”
The report quoted a Roxas ally, You Against Corruption and Poverty (YACAP) party-list Rep. Carol Jayne Lopez, who said in a text message: “It’s very evident that people are now resorting to black ops because they’re feeling Mar’s strength in the campaign. Otherwise, why else would they do that? Bakit ba sila takot kay Mar (Are they afraid of Mar)?”
However, Lopez did not mention any names.
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