FORMER deputy speaker and congressman Jose Lito Atienza said Monday that the late president Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. was not behind the deadly Plaza Miranda Bombing 52 years ago.
House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza (File photo) MANILA - House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza on Monday said he will not back out from the 2022 vice presidential race. "Definitely not. No withdrawal for me," Atienza said in an interview. Atienza earlier said he is considering pulling out of the vice presidential race and said he wants Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III to run with Pacquiao to provide a stronger challenge against the frontrunners, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) and his tandem Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio. Atienza, however, rejected the suggestion of presidential bet Senator Panfilo Lacson to make his running mate, Sotto, the common vice presidential candidate of Pacquiao. He said such a suggestion would only boost the Marcos-Duterte tandem more. "With that idea of Ping, there'll be no movement. You'll be stuck. It will strengthen Bongbong Marcos," he said. Earlier, Pacq
House Deputy Speaker Lito Atienza on Monday said he will not back out from the 2022 vice presidential race. “Definitely not. No withdrawal for me,” Atienza said in an interview. Atienza earlier said he is considering pulling out of the vice presidential race and said he wants Senate President Vicente…
Atienza earlier said he is "very seriously" thinking of backing out from the vice presidential race and hopes Lacson will do the same to support the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo.
Senator Panfilo Lacson (Photo courtesy of Lacson Sotto Media Bureau) MANILA - Independent presidential candidate Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson on Thursday reiterated that he will not withdraw from the May 9 elections. This came after Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza called for his withdrawal from the polls so that a stronger tandem can be fielded against survey frontrunners Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. "For the nth time, I will finish this race and I am not backing out. I reject the call of Rep. Jose 'Lito' Atienza for me to withdraw from the presidential race," he said in a statement forwarded to reporters. Atienza earlier said he is considering pulling out of the vice presidential race and said he wants Senate President Vicente "Tito" Sotto III to run with Senator Manny Pacquiao to provide a stronger challenge against the frontrunners. Lacson also called Atienza's pronouncement a rude act. "W