Lipumano: Gatecrasher at intruder si Bacay

Luigi Lipumano, the local LP chairman and official candidate for councilor told reporters that Bacay is not a party member and not the official LP candidate for the mayoralty seat. He was a mere “gatecrasher and intruder out to disrupt the Noynoy Aquino campaign in the city.”

As Violence, tremor rock Aquino’s Olongapo sortie

OLONGAPO CITY—Violence and an earthquake rocked the campaign sortie of Liberal Party presidential bet Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino II in this city Thursday.

A fistfight broke out on the stage between supporters of Olongapo City’s mayoralty candidates Jerome Bacay of Aksyong Demokratiko and Vicente Magsaysay of Team Magsaysay, as Aquino was about to deliver his speech before some 3,000 people at the Olongapo City National High School.

His security officers and members of the Philippine National Police whisked Aquino away from the stage.

In a press conference after the incident, Aquino said the problem started when the city government denied the LP’s request to hold its campaign in a bigger venue like the Rizal Triangle or Marikit Park. What happened was “reminiscent of the martial law days” where those who are in power tried to suppress the opposition.

As Aquino was about to leave the room an earthquake struck that many people panicked and ran.

Luigi Lipumano, the local LP chairman and official candidate for councilor told reporters that Bacay is not a party member and not the official LP candidate for the mayoralty seat. He was a mere “gatecrasher and intruder out to disrupt the Noynoy Aquino campaign in the city.”

Before coming to the city for his campaign sortie, Aquino was in Iba, Zambales, where he was greeted by thousands of supporters led by Zambales Governor Amor Deloso, second district congressional candidate Cheryl Deloso and other LP candidates at the local level. Cecille Garcia - manilastandardtoday.com