Election Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Friday expressed confidence that President Duterte would not believe the claims made by former youth chair Ronald Cardema that she sought favors from him as well as P2 million in exchange for her vote to accredit the Duterte Youth party list group.<\/p>\n
Guanzon said the fact that Malaca\u00f1ang had already distanced itself from Cardema was a telltale sign that the President is not on his side in his attempt to become a youth representative by accusing her of extortion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s obvious even to Malaca\u00f1ang that this guy is just attracting attention because he\u2019s already bankrupt,\u201d Guanzon said in a TV interview.<\/p>\n
She added that Mr. Duterte knew her back when both of them were still mayors\u2014she of Cadiz City in Negros Occidental and he of Davao City.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe first met in the League of Cities [of the Philippines],\u201d Guanzon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Election Commissioner Rowena Guanzon on Friday expressed confidence that President Duterte would not believe the claims made by former youth chair Ronald Cardema that she sought favors from him as well as P2 million in exchange for her vote to accredit the Duterte Youth party list group. Guanzon said the fact that Malaca\u00f1ang had already […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1231,"featured_media":1154853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,34,37,45],"tags":[1987,8330],"byline":[133560],"source":[206078],"column":[],"editor":[],"videographer":[],"position":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n