BIcolanos, Lakas won’t support Trillanes reelection

From: manilastandardtoday.com

Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV will face a backlash from Bicolanos in next year’s polls  for blocking the passage of a bill to divide the province of Camarines Sur.

Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur Rep. Arnulfo Fuentebella in a radio interview, asked Trillanes: “Why did you kill the bill? Why did you deny our rights under the Constitution?”

Fuentebella also disowned Trillanes, who claims to be from the Bicol region.

“He is not from our province,” he said. “He says he is a Bicolano, but he is not from Camarines Sur. He says the people do not favor the split based on a survey. How can he say that after a one-day visit? People are really angry, and many sent text messages attacking his meddling.”

On Monday, the Lakas CMD said it would not be endorsing Trillanes in next year’s senatorial race.

Party chairman and House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez confirmed that Lakas dropped Trillanes for falsely accusing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of lobbying Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile for the passage of the Camarines Sur bill.

Presidential spokesman Edwin declined to say if Trillanes has already been eased out of the senatorial slate of the administration coalition amid the flak he received for being disrespectful to Enrile and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario.###