ShareThisMANILA – Lawmakers have belittled the reported move of a group called Solidarity for Sovereignty (S4S) to destabilize the new administration, saying it would not muster people’s support given the clear and big mandate obtained by President Aquino in the last elections.
Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. said the report about a destabilization plot is always part of Philippine politics.
Deputy Speaker and Quezon Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tanada III and Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone said the President should just work hard and ignore the report.
“I don’t think the people who elected PNoy will allow (other groups) to step in even if Pnoy’s rating plunges because PNoy was legitimately elected by the people,” said Tanada.
Evardone said “the people should reject shadowy solidarity for sovereignty (S4S) because it is nothing but a destabilization group which will resort to grand deception just to achieve its objectives.”
“The S4S personalities who came out in the open may not be the real force behind the group. Instead of destabilization moves, the S4S and other sectors should rally behind the administration as it moves towards a new direction and vision for our country. It’s very early for too much politicking. We have so many problems other than politics. The Aquino administration should just ignore the S4S and its unfounded advocacies,” said Evardone.
Reports said that the S4s placed a full-page advertisement in a daily recently where it declared all elective positions vacant because of the alleged “unconstitutionality” of the last polls.