VP candidate Bello talks to Mindanawons via Candid Dates 2022 ThisIsOurMindanao
DAVAO CITY — Prof. Walden Bello, declared “persona non grata” by the Davao City Council on March 22, will discuss his platform of government and answer questions from voters in an online forum, Candid Dates 2022, on Friday, March 25 at 2 p.m.
Midway through the two-hour-and-thirty-minute debate, however, Bello’s response when asked what expertise he would bring in to their administration should they win, was: “You know what, Miss Cabal , I hesitate to answer that question because this is becoming a big joke. Sara Duterte is not with us, okay. We’re slashing one another for her benefit? I mean the Commission on Elections should do something about this.
“We need your answer. You are the Commission on Elections. You can penalize these two jokers – Marcos and Duterte for not showing up. They’re spitting in the face of the Filipino people. Can you say something right now? Tell them to show up?” Bello asked. Pangarungan, whom the moderator earlier acknowledged to be present at the Sofitel hotel, venue of the debate, did not reply. Later he told reporters that attendance in the debates is “purely voluntary.
The next PiliPinas Debate for Presidential candidates is on April 5. The poll body has scheduled three Presidential and two Vice Presidential debates. Cabal reminded Bello he still had time to answer the question but Bello said: “No. Am really so pissed off that these two jokers are not here. Duwag sila and yet they’re going to … we can’t show their records. They have to show up so that the Filipino people can judge. Otherwise this is a f_cking big joke.
Retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio had earlier said the written demand has to be renewed every five years for the debt to be collectible. Lito Banayo of Moreno’s campaign team said the last written demand was made in 2017.