Presidential candidate added another promise to his campaign which was considered by some of his detractors as a “campaign full of promise,” when he delivered his messsage in Iriga City, a third-class city in the province of Camrines Sur in the Bicol Region.
The former DILG Secretary promise that he will “drive” the Philippines to become a “First World” country if he would be chosen to succeed President Benigno Aquino III in the highly anticipated national elections this coming May 2016.
The official candidate of the Liberal Party, Mar Roxas also warned the residents of the Bicol Region that if they vote for the wrong President, the corrupt leader, the country will surely not “reach its destination.”
According to Mar Roxas, his future government will be likened with driving a car, hitting corrupt presidents as those preventing the country from moving toward development.
Mar Roxas was quoted as saying “Kung maalala po natin, bago mag-1986, bago mag-2010, kahit anong yapak natin sa silindador, hindi umaandar ang ating sasakyan. Karga tayo nang karga ng gasolina, punong-puno ang tangke ng gasolina, akala natin aandar na ang ating bansa. Yapak naman tayo sa silindador, walang nangyayari. Bakit? Ninanakaw ang pera natin, eh! ‘Yung gasolina na nilalagay natin sa tangke ay ninanakaw kaya pagyapak natin sa silindador o sa motorsiklo, pagbukas natin ng pagbukas natin ng throttle, ay hindi umaandar ang ating bansa,” he said.
Roxas said it was only in 2010, the car was able to accelerate up to the fourth gear—when the Filipinos elected President Aquino.
“Ano nangyari mula 2010? Nagsimula tayo sa primera. Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap. Aba, umaandar na tayo! Sabay pasok tayo sa segunda. Kayo ang boss. Tumototoo tayo na sa lahat ng desisyon, ang inyong pakinabang ang siyang mangingibabas na interes. E di nasa segunda na tayo; maganda ang takbo ng ating bansa. Tapos, ‘yung umiiral pa na values, na asal, ay ‘yung participatory, para sa pangkalahatan. Kaya dumating na tayo sa tercera. Mabilis na ang takbo ng estado. Malayo na ang narating natin,” he said.
Watch the Video of Mar Roxas Promising the Filipino People for a First World Country:
