“Good riddance.” This was how Albay 1st District Rep. Edcel “Grex” Lagman described the decision of Gov. Joey Salceda to leave the Liberal Party (LP) and its standard-bearer, Mar Roxas, to support the candidacy of Sen. Grace Poe. “LP stalwarts in Albay were not surprised with Salceda’s patent disloyalty even as they reiterated that LP candidates and partymates in the province stood firm on their support for Mar-Leni,” said Lagman. “The battle lines have been made clearer. Salceda was a burden anyway with his dubious integrity and patent disloyalty. The LP leadership in Albay will do better without Salceda on board,” he added. On Friday, Salceda made a surprise announcement that he will be leaving the Liberal Party to support Poe whom he describes as the best person to lead the country. “I am Gov. Salceda and my President is Grace Poe,” said Salceda in a statement posted in his [...]
