CANDABA, Pampanga – “Just let me get rid of the Bondocs in the fourth district.”
Thus said Mayor Jerry Pelayo in his speech during the recent disaster seminar here attended by Gov. Lilia Pineda and Fourth District Board Member Ric Yabut.
The third-term mayor said his political allies and friends such as Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos will help him in the 2013 fourth district congressional fight, allowing him to beat “any of the Bondocs.”
Fourth District Rep. Ana York Bondoc is on his third term and is barred from seeking re-election. Her brother, former Rep. Rimpy Bondoc, will reportedly run against Pelayo.
Pelayo said as congressman, he will “share the public funds to all and not for a few ones.”
He also asked Yabut to allow him to support his candidacy and not join the congressional race “as they are both from Candaba.”
“Just let me run and win once. Then you take over,” said Pelayo to Yabut, which drew smiles from Pineda and other village leaders.
Yabut, for his part, said “I will not be affected by the statements of Pelayo.”
“That’s Pelayo decision and I have my own,” said Yabut, who earlier declared his intention to run for solon.
A two-term board member, Yabut said he will still run for congressman “whoever the opponents are.”
Thus said Mayor Jerry Pelayo in his speech during the recent disaster seminar here attended by Gov. Lilia Pineda and Fourth District Board Member Ric Yabut.
The third-term mayor said his political allies and friends such as Vice President Jejomar Binay and Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos will help him in the 2013 fourth district congressional fight, allowing him to beat “any of the Bondocs.”
Fourth District Rep. Ana York Bondoc is on his third term and is barred from seeking re-election. Her brother, former Rep. Rimpy Bondoc, will reportedly run against Pelayo.
Pelayo said as congressman, he will “share the public funds to all and not for a few ones.”
He also asked Yabut to allow him to support his candidacy and not join the congressional race “as they are both from Candaba.”
“Just let me run and win once. Then you take over,” said Pelayo to Yabut, which drew smiles from Pineda and other village leaders.
Yabut, for his part, said “I will not be affected by the statements of Pelayo.”
“That’s Pelayo decision and I have my own,” said Yabut, who earlier declared his intention to run for solon.
A two-term board member, Yabut said he will still run for congressman “whoever the opponents are.”
