AFTER yesterday鈥檚 rally by the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), the Liberal Party鈥檚 senatorial lineup will arrive in Cebu for their own sortie on Feb. 19 and 20.
Rep. Tomas Osme帽a of Cebu City鈥檚 south district said the LP rally won鈥檛 be as big as the UNA sorties and he doesn鈥檛 know if President Benigno Aquino III will attend the LP Cebu rally next week.
But he said a bigger LP rally will be held in Cebu City since it will be attended by top leaders of the Bando Osme帽a-Pundok Kauswagan鈥檚 (BO-PK) next month.
鈥淚 am not in the mood for organizing a (political) rally at his point in time,鈥� said Osme帽a in a press conference held at his Guadalupe home yesterday morning.
The LP candidates will visit towns and cities in Cebu on Feb. 19 and then head to Cebu City the next day.
鈥淭hey said that they will be sending someone here but they have not sent someone here and I don鈥檛 know what to do,鈥� Osme帽a said.
Osme帽a said if it were left to him, he wanted the LP Cebu City rally held at the Cebu Coliseum with BO-PK and LP Cebu leaders in attendance.
He said they can include the LP senatorial slate in their sample ballot. He said their ranking will depend on how much support they extended to Cebu City.
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Osme帽a said Sen. Francis Escudero will head the BO-PK list for the Multicabs he gave to the city鈥檚 80 barangays.
鈥淚 want to give him special treatment as compared to others who haven鈥檛 given us anything,鈥� the congressman said.
Osme帽a also said the 鈥淭ype O鈥� Valentine鈥檚 Day ad published in local dailies today was contributed by some businessmen friends.
He said the ad was paid for by his businessman friends.
A second publication of the ad will happen on Valentines Day. 鈥淚t doesn鈥檛 have my name and face on it,鈥� Osme帽a said.
Osme帽a said he鈥檚 not yet an official candidate until the local campaign period starts on March 29.
He also said he doesn鈥檛 own the 鈥淭ype O鈥� which is now a commercially registered trademark also made by some businessmen friends.
The Osme帽a camp said it was Basak San Nicolas barangay captain George Rama who coined the 鈥渢ype O鈥� name in reference to the BO-PK supporters and allies. Their youth supporters made the type O design.
鈥淚 am just paying them (businessman friends) royalty because it (the design) works very well for me,鈥� he said. Chief of Reporters Doris C. Bongcac