Note: As added details validating this video are not yet available, we can’t say yet if this is 100% legit. If it is, then it could spell disaster for the people concerned. As of this posting, the camp of Liberal Party (LP) standard bearer Mar Roxas have not yet issued a statement on this matter. When they do, we shall update the story with it.
On Sat, Apr 16, a 58-second video clip showing what appears to be a Liberal Party (LP) campaign sortie in Pikit, North Cotabato last Mar 31 made the rounds on social media. The video was posted by someone with the handle, “KutangBato Vlogger.” It has since been uploaded by other YouTube users, with their version running one minte and 31 seconds.
“The video shows an emcee at an LP campaign sortie telling those who did not cheer loudly for administration standard bearer Mar Roxas that they would not get “envelopes,'” reports Alexis Romero in The Philippine Star.
The report went on to point out: “The video also showed an emcee rehearsing the crowd to shout, ‘Oras na, Roxas na (It’s Roxas’ time).'”
Then, after the crowd chanted the line, the unidentified emcee remarked in Filipino: “The chanting is weak here. You will not get envelopes. The chanting at the back is weak. You won’t have envelopes later.”
The report further noted: “The video also showed the emcee giving an envelope to a woman who uttered the name of Roxas’ wife Korina Sanchez. The woman appeared to have answered a question because the emcee reacted by saying, ‘You are right. Every right answer equals an envelope.’ However, it was not clear what was inside the envelope given to the woman. The emcee also gave what appeared to be another envelope to another member of the audience but the video did not show why he did it.”
The last part of the video shows Roxas arriving at the venue while members of the audience chanted, “Oras na! Roxas na!”
The report explained that “while it remains unsure whether the envelopes contained cash, Facebook users who posted comments on the video were convinced that the LP distributed money during the event.”
