Senator Ronald Dela Rosa and Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on the alleged "GTCA for Sale" scheme within the New Bilibid Prison on September 9, 2019. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on the alleged "GTCA for Sale" scheme within the New Bilibid Prison on September 9, 2019. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

Senate hearing on "GTCA for Sale"

RG Cruz

ABS-CBN News

<div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171913195693720190909-bilibid-senate-hearing-MD-1489.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Senator Ronald Dela Rosa and Senator Christopher Lawrence " Go="" during="" the="" Senate="" hearing="" in="" Pasay="" City="" on="" alleged="" for="" scheme="" within="" New="" Bilibid="" Prison="" September="" Mark="" ABS-CBN="" News=""/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Senator Ronald Dela Rosa and Senator Christopher Lawrence &quot;Bong&quot; Go during the Senate hearing in Pasay City on the alleged &quot;GTCA for Sale&quot; scheme within the New Bilibid Prison on September 9, 2019. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA -- Two senators closely allied with former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Sara Duterte are eyeing a &quot;guerilla style&quot; re-election campaign in the 2025 midterm elections.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Senator Ronald &quot;Bato&quot; dela Rosa, who served as the elder Duterte&#x27;s National Police Chief, concedes they may not be acceptable to both the administration ticket and the Liberal Party-led opposition.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The elder Duterte has been critical of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., while the vice-president quit the education portfolio of the cabinet just last week. The Liberal Party-led opposition also stood against the Duterte administration.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/sara-duterte-resigns-from-marcos-cabinet-palace-1450"></a><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/sara-duterte-resigns-from-marcos-cabinet-palace-1450">READ: Sara Duterte resigns from Marcos Cabinet</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Speaking on Teleradyo Serbisyo&#x27;s Anong Ganap on Sunday morning, dela Rosa said he and Duterte&#x27;s chief aide, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, have decided to stick together.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Nag-usap kami ni Sen Bong Go, na talaga, we have to run our own campaign,&quot; said dela Rosa. &quot;Magsu-sumikap lang kami, dahil wala naman kami inaasahan.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;I don&#x27;t know, kung talagang malabo naman siguro kaming kakarga ng administrasyon, at hindi rin naman siguro kami acceptable sa opposition. As of now, &#x27;yung standing opposition ngayon is &#x27;yung Liberal Party, &#x27;di ba? Hindi din naman kami acceptable doon,&quot; he added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;So sa gitna lang kami, and magsusumikap lang kami. Guerrilla warfare lang kami nito. We just have to do our own guerrilla warfare.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Kung talagang hindi kami acceptable sa administrasyon, hindi kami dadalhin, hindi naman tayo pwede magpumilit, &#x27;di ba? So we have to diskarte. Diskarte talaga through guerilla warfare.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dela Rosa said they can form an independent bloc.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Paano &#x27;yan, kung puno na sila, meron na silang dose na line-up, papayag ka ba na No. 13 ka, No. 14 ka?&quot; he said. &quot;Isasama ka namin, basta No. 13 ka, No. 14 ka. Guerilla warfare na lang kami.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Baka puno na sila … Mahirap magpupumilit sa sarili mo. Bakit ka magi-insist na pumasok kung ayaw nila sa&#x27;yo? &#x27;Yun lang naman ang mga theoretical situations,&quot; he added.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;As far as administration or opposition is concerned, baka pwede kami maging independent, nasa gitna,&quot; he also said. &quot;Kung hindi kami dadalhin ng administration, &#x27;di ba, kung puno na sila, hindi na kami tatanggapin. So dito kami sa gitna.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">However, dela Rosa did not include another Duterte ally, Senator Francis Tolentino, who is also a reelectionist senator and a member of the Duterte led PDP, in this potential blocking.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Tanungin mo na lang siya as far as his status is concerned dahil mahirap magsalita para sa kanya,&quot; dela Rosa said. &quot;Basta safe to say na kami ni Sen. Bong Go ay talagang magsasama talaga kami hanggang sa dulo.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Wala kami mapupuntahan, kaming dalawa taga-Davao, talaga magsama-sama kami. Pero si Sen. Tolentino, tanungin mo na lang siya kung ano ang plano niya. Ayaw ko magsalita in his behalf,&quot; he added, while assuring that they remain &quot;very close&quot; with Tolentino.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dela Rosa did concede that the PDP, once mighty under the Duterte administration, has lost members though he himself plans to stay.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Andyan pa din pero nababawasan at nababawasan na,&quot; he said. &quot;Andiyan pa din &#x27;yung PDP. Wala pa akong balak umalis. Wala akong balak na umalis. Saan ako pupunta kung aalis ako? Wala ako ibang mapupuntahan.&quot;</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Political analyst Julio Teehankee said in a separate interview that he believes Go and dela Rosa have to walk a tightrope.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt"><span style="color:#000000;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">&quot;Si Senator Bong Go … ay naiipit ngayon dahil talagang sinisingil na siya ng mga anak. Pero dahil re-electionist siya, so naiipit siya, at sila ni Sen. Bato at Sen. Tolentino. So ipit sila ngayon, dahil kasama sila ngayon sa Senate majority pa rin, tapos re-electionist sila,&quot; he said. &quot;So kailangan nilang balansehin ang political interest nila.&quot;</span></div><p>Meanwhile, human rights lawyer Chel Diokono, who is eyeing a Senate seat in the midterms and is allied with the LP, has ruled out a full-blown coalition, while leaving the door open for other forms of cooperation.</p><p>&quot;When we speak of working together for an electoral victory, kailangan hindi pwedeng marriage of convenience lang &#x27;yan, kasi nakita naman natin ang nangyari sa UniTeam,&quot; he pointed out. </p>

<p>Two senators closely allied with former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Sara Duterte are eyeing a "guerilla style" re-election campaign in the 2025 midterm elections.</p>

Two senators closely allied with former President Rodrigo Duterte and Vice-President Sara Duterte are eyeing a "guerilla style" re-election campaign in the 2025 midterm elections.

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Dela Rosa, Go eye 'guerilla style' re-election campaign for 2025

Dela Rosa, Go eye 'guerilla style' re-election campaign for 2025

RG Cruz,

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Published Jun 23, 2024 04:55 PM PHT

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