Press Release
August 28, 2015

Cayetano: partnership must be based on principle,
thanks SpeakerBelmonte for endorsement

Senate Majority Leader Alan Cayetano thanked House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte for continuously endorsing him as the next best option for Mar Roxas' running mate in 2016.

Cayetano said he is open to teaming up with the Liberal Party's standard-bearer, but he stressed the need for some major issues to be addressed before the end of the Aquino administration and going into the campaign period.

"Sobra akong nagpapasalamat kay House Speaker Belmonte, not only because of the endorsement, but because of his kind words and the moral support that he has been giving me," he said. "Napakaganda ng Tuwid na Daan na sinimulan ng administrasyong Aquino. But marami pang kailangang ayusin," he added in reaction to reports that the LP is eyeing him as their vice presidential candidate for the upcoming elections.

Cayetano said he will seriously consider going into a partnership with Roxas for 2016 but it must be based primarily on common vision and principle.

"Wala sanang pumigil sa aking paninindigan na labanan ang mali at protektahan ang mga naaapi nating kababayan. Maingay ako dahil may nang-aapi sa ating mga kababayan, dahil may nanggugulo sa ating bansa. Kung kukunin nila ako [as Sec. Roxas' running mate], kasama dapat ang prinsipyo ko," he said. "Gumanda ang ekonomiya ng bansa sa ilalim ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Aquino, kaya ang hamon sa papalit sa kanya ay gumawa pa ng maganda mula sa nasimulan na, and [be] better."

He stressed that it is up to the next administration to show that the gains of 'Daang Matuwid' can be improved further and made permanent to be able to create genuine change in the country.

"Marami pang kailangan gawin para magkaroon ng tunay na pagbabago sa bansa. For one, government agencies should find solutions to people's basic concerns and problems, instead of creating more problems and making things worse," Cayetano said. "Ang concern ng OFWs laban sa pagbukas ng Customs sa balikbayan boxes, ang time-consuming na pagkuha ng Overseas Employment Certificate, ang integration ng terminal fee sa airline tickets nila, kailangan solusyunan. Sa Metro Manila naman, andiyan ang walang katapusang traffic, ang kawalan ng sistema sa MRT at LRT, lahat ito kailangan ng totohanang solusyon, hindi dagdag na pahirap," he concluded.

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