PinoyGigs.com » gloria arroyo http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog The official blog of Pinoy Gigs. Contains latest news about concerts, music, celebrities and other hot stuff of different Filipino artists around the world. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:55:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 No Special Treatment For Cong. Arroyo http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/news-and-updates/no-special-treatment-for-cong-arroyo/ http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/news-and-updates/no-special-treatment-for-cong-arroyo/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:40:05 +0000 admin http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/?p=2324 Former President and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would not be receiving any special treatment from her fellow congressmen, and she had not been offered the supposed “privilege” of holding office at a room bigger than the usual offices at the House of Representatives.


Arroyo’s former presidential chief of staff, Elena Bautista-Horn, clarified that Arroyo had not been offered to stay at the special room at the House of Representatives as reported. “She told me that she has not been offered that room,” Bautista said.


The VIP room that was supposed to have been offered to Arroyo is the room adjacent to the Speaker’s office which was given as consolation to Pangasinan Rep. Jose De Venecia when he was ousted as Speaker in 2008. Dionisio Tubianosa, an information officer in Congress, said Arroyo might be avoiding any special treatment for her, which she won’t be expecting anyway from her peers in Congress.


Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II, who is eyeing the post of majority floor leader, said fellow congressmen should not be intimidated by the presence of a former president on the floor of Congress, although she might receive extraordinary courtesy from individual congressmen on a personal level.


“As much as possible, no special treatment. But on a personal level, you have to give respect that is due to a former president. Even if you say that in the House, the Speaker is the first among equals, you cannot close the fact that she was once the president,” Gonzales said.

]]> http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/news-and-updates/no-special-treatment-for-cong-arroyo/feed/ 0 Gloria Macapagal Arroyo To Run For Congressional Seat in Pampanga http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/news-and-updates/gloria-macapagal-arroyo-to-run-for-congressional-seat-in-pampanga/ http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/news-and-updates/gloria-macapagal-arroyo-to-run-for-congressional-seat-in-pampanga/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:26:36 +0000 admin http://www.pinoygigs.com/blog/?p=622 gloria-arroyoPresident Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has formally announced in the government-owned radio station dzRB this Monday that she will vie for the Congressional seat in the second district of Pampanga for the coming 2010 election. The second district of Pampanga is composed of the municipalities of Floridablanca, Guagua, Porac, Santa Rita, Sasmuan and Lubao.

In a recorded interview aired over the station, Arroyo said: “Gaya ng alam ninyo, hiniling rin ako ng mga mamayan ng aking tahanang distrito sa Pampanga na manatili sa buhay publiko (As you all know, the residents of Pampanga’s second district have urged me to remain in public service).”

“After much soul-searching, I have decided to respond affirmatively to their call. To that end, I will file my (certificate of) candidacy for Congress in order to serve the hardworking people of my home province,” she said. Mrs. Arroyo added: “I am not ready to step down completely from public service.”

On her formal statement Pres. Arroyo said, “I have given careful consideration to a number of options that I could pursue upon leaving office, but I have come to the conclusion that I can best serve the nation from a seat in Congress should I be elected. This campaign and a seat in Congress will satisfy the call of my constituents and my own desire for public service.”

Candidates for 2010 election has still until Tuesday midnight to file their certificates of candidacy with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Mrs. Arroyo’s duly-authorized representative will file her CoC Tuesday in San Fernando, Pampanga, according to her official political spokesperson Romulo Macalintal. The representative will be accompanied by Pampanga mayors who support her congressional bid.

Three weeks ago, Arroyo’s half-sister Cielo Macapagal-Salgado appealed to her to give other candidates a chance to run for the same post.

“Nakasiyam na taon na siya, di ba? You have reached the highest post na binigay sa iyo ng mamamayan. Binigyan ka na ng pagkakataon, bigyan mo naman ng pagkakataon ‘yung iba,” Salgado said in an interview.
Macapagal-Salgado said she has been eyeing Pampanga’s 2nd district congressional post for some time but had to give way to her younger brother Arturo, who in turn had to give way to Mikey.

Sociology professor and civil society leader Randy David, who had earlier expressed that he might consider going against Mrs. Arroyo if she runs for the post, said Monday that he has decided to heed his family’s request for him not to go into politics.

David said it was difficult to contest Mrs. Arroyo in Pampanga, saying, “Ang kalaban mo rito higante, eh. Ito yung amo ng lahat ng mga warlord (You will be going against a giant; the boss of warlords).”

Arroyo’s closeness to the Ampatuans, the most powerful political clan in Maguindanao province, has been criticized since the gruesome massacre in Ampatuan town that resulted in the deaths of at least 57 people, including around 30 journalists.

David maintained that he was against Mrs. Arroyo’s possible entry into the race, saying it was an insult to the country‚Äôs democratic institutions.

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