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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – The Liberal Party (LP) is checking on its members in Negros Occidental.
Provincial Chair Manuel Escalante said their national office asked who the remaining members in the province are.
If it was a “loyalty check,” Escalante cannot say for certain. “Siguro they’re trying to rebuild it. Indi gid ko kahambal (ano exactly).”
Escalante, an executive assistant to Gov. Alfredo Marañon Jr., was himself unsure how many LP members are left in Negros Occidental but “I’m sure there still are.”
“There are still LP members in the cities of Silay, Himamaylan and Bacolod,” he said.
Escalante said he has not communicated much with the national office, except that time when the latter asked about members.
Sen. Francis Pangilinan, interim LP chairman, has proposed a national assembly on Jan. 17, but nothing is final, Escalante said.
Escalante clarified that his role as provincial party chairman was limited to during the elections.
“Indi man ko ka siling nga liberal ako, indi man ko kasiling nga indi kay indi man ako public official,” he said.
Pressed on allegations that the LP plans to oust President Rodrigo Duterte, Escalante said, “I don’t believe that. This is too early for politics. I hope, like the president or the vice president, tani magtrabaho lang gid sila para sa Pilipino.”/PN
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