Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Facebook)
Senate Minority Leader and Liberal Party (LP) Vice Chairman Franklin Drilon admitted this on Wednesday, June 30, as he weighed in on the ongoing row between PDP-Laban chair President Duterte, and the party’s acting president, Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao.
Drilon raised that the rift between Duterte and Pacquiao could result in the division of the PDP-Laban, which, he said, would have “serious implications” in the upcoming polls.
“The ruling party will be split,” said the veteran lawmaker said during the virtual Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum.
“It will not harm the opposition to have the split, but it will certainly help ‘pag nahati ang administrasyon (if the administration will split). Given all the resources, given all the troll farms, given the social media expense and resources that they have, certainly, the split will help the opposition,” Drilon admitted.