PDP-Laban acting president and Senator Manny Pacquiao hit back at Energy Secretary and party vice-chairman Alfonso Cusi, telling him to follow their party’s bylaws or else leave.
“From now on gusto, ko ipaalam sa kanila na not in my time as president of the party, gusto ko sila turuan ng leksyon. I’m the president of the party, and you must follow the rules and the bylaws of the party. Kung ayaw mo, e di lumipat ka sa ibang party,” Pacquiao said in a radio interview.
(I want to give them a lesson. I’m the president of the party, and you must follow the rules and bylaws of the party. If you don’t want to follow, then you might as well leave the party.)
“Hangga’t ako ang presidente ng partido na ito, Cusi, this is a warning to you, sumunod kayo sa protocols. Gusto ko ipakita sa inyo ang tamang pamamalakad ng partido,” he said.
(As long as I am the president of this party, Cusi, this is a warning to you. You should follow the protocols. I wanted to show you how to run the party properly.)
Cusi earlier told Pacquiao to leave the party before he can criticize President Rodrigo Duterte.
Pacquiao to Cusi: Follow party’s bylaws or leave
“Well, it’s really unfortunate that the acting president of the party is accusing the chairman—who is the President of the country—of those things that Senator Pacquiao said openly,” said Cusi in an interview with the ANC.
“If you don’t like your house… if you don’t like the company you’re working for, don’t say something about it. Lumayas ka muna, bago mo sunugin ang bahay mo,” added Cusi.
Pacquiao also opposed Cusi’s claim that PDP-Laban members should only follow President Rodrigo Duterte because he was the reason politicians joined the party.
Cusi, in a previous interview, said PDP-Laban “is President Duterte’s party.”
“Parang lasing yata siya nung sinabi niya ‘yon. Ginagawa niyang trapo na partido. Ginagawa niyang tulad ng ibang partido (ang PDP-Laban),” the senator said.
(He might be drunk when he said that. He wants to make this party like any other party in the country.)
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