With a clear vision and a sterling track record to back it up, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto on Friday reiterated that Aksyon Demokratiko presidential candidate and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno is the best candidate for the presidency.
Recto—who heads One Batangas – the dominant local party of vote-rich Batangas—said that during the COVID-19 pandemic “ipinakita nya [Moreno] sa mga tiga-Maynila kung ano ang kaya nyang gawin.”
Recto also pointed out Moreno’s unprecedented accomplishments as Manila mayor, particularly how the Tondo-born leader was able to clean Manila’s major commercial hubs, to beautify the city environs, and to light up what were once dark streets.
“Sino ang nakapag-pagawa pinakamalaking field hospital sa buong Pilipinas para sa Covid? Si Isko lamang. Sino ang nag-imbak ng gamot para pag ikaw ay tinamaan ng Covid dyan mabubuhay ka at ito’y hindi lang para sa Maynila pero para sa buong Pilipinas kahit saan ka manggaling, tutulungan ka ni Mayor Isko Moreno, Isko lamang,” stressed Recto.
The membership of One Batangas includes five of the province’s six district representatives, all provincial board members, and the majority of the municipal and city mayors, municipal and city councilors, and barangay chairs in Batangas.
Recto lauded Moreno’s pandemic response, in which the Manila mayor provided free COVID- 19 medicines and implemented a mass vaccination campaign wherein even non-Manila residents, including traveling merchants from Batangas, were inoculated.
The veteran lawmaker laid out Moreno’s COVID response record and told provincemates, “sino sa mga kandidato na sa Lungsod ng Maynila, kapital ng Pilipinas nagtayo ng napakaraming mga ospital, si Isko lamang sa loob ng tatlong taon. Sino sa mga kandidato ang nagpagawa ng mga testing facilities para sa Covid, pinakamarami? Si Isko lamang.”
“Sino ang nagpabakuna ng milyong-milyong Pilipino sa Lungsod ng Maynila kahit saan ka manggaling? Si Isko lamang. Sino ang nagpakain ng daang libong pamilya, nagbigay ng ayuda para lahat makakain sa Lungsod ng Maynila? Si Isko lamang, tama po ba?”
Recto also praised Moreno for the redevelopment of the New Manila Zoo, which now rivals other world-class zoos in other part of Asia.
Recto also pointed out Moreno’s unprecedented accomplishments as Manila mayor, particularly how the Tondo-born leader was able to clean Manila’s major commercial hubs, to beautify the city environs, and to light up what were once dark streets.
He also praised him for the redevelopment of the New Manila Zoo, which now rivals other world-class zoos in other part of Asia.
According to Recto, “yung mga Liwasan, sino ang nagpalinis, nagpa-ilaw sa Lungsod ng Maynila, gumawa pa ng world-class na zoo para pasyalan ng karaniwang mamamayan kahit may pandemya? Si Isko lamang.”
“Sa lahat ng kumakandidato sino ang may tunay na solusyon at mabilis umaksyon, maganda ang plataporma sa panahon natin ngayon sa lahat ng kandidato, ang pinakamagandang programa, plataporma, mabilis kumilos, ay walang iba kungdi si Isko lamang.”