{"id":238063,"date":"2019-11-21T23:07:41","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T04:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238063"},"modified":"2019-11-21T23:07:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T04:07:41","slug":"cayetano-slams-aquino-drilon-for-hypocrisy-crab-mentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/21\/cayetano-slams-aquino-drilon-for-hypocrisy-crab-mentality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cayetano slams Aquino, Drilon for hypocrisy, crab mentality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Ang sinasabi ko lang yung hypocrisy na nung PHP10 billion ang hiningi nila sa Kongreso, para sa APEC, para sa bayan ito, representasyon ito, karangalan ito (What I am saying is the hypocrisy that when they asked Congress for PHP10 billion for the APEC, it was for the country, for representation, for honor). We have to spend on known artists and singers. We have to serve good food para maganda representasyon (for good representation),” Cayetano said. (File Photo:<\/a> Alan Peter Cayetano\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday slammed opposition leaders for their “hypocrisy” and \u201ccrab mentality\u201d in criticizing the government\u2019s expenditures to host the 30th Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Earlier, former president Benigno Aquino III and Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said the PHP 50-million cauldron that will be used for the opening of the SEA Games was an “unnecessary extravagance.”<\/p>\n

In a press conference during the inspection of the SEA Games sports facilities at the New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac, Cayetano pointed out that when he was Senate Majority Leader, the Aquino administration asked for a PHP10-billion budget to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila in 2015.<\/p>\n

“Ang sinasabi ko lang yung<\/em>\u00a0hypocrisy\u00a0na nung<\/em>\u00a0PHP10 billion\u00a0ang hiningi nila sa Kongreso, para sa<\/em>\u00a0APEC,\u00a0para sa bayan ito, representasyon ito, karangalan ito<\/em>\u00a0(What I am saying is the hypocrisy that when they asked Congress for PHP10 billion for the APEC, it was for the country, for representation, for honor). We have to spend on known artists and singers. We have to serve good food\u00a0para maganda representasyon<\/em> (for good representation),” Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

“‘Yun nakita nila at<\/em>\u00a0justified\u00a0nila pero yung<\/em>\u00a0PHP50-million\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0priceless work of art\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0forever\u00a0pagmamay-ari ng gobyerno, sasabihin nila sana<\/em>\u00a050 classrooms\u00a0na lang<\/em>\u00a0(They recognized and justified that, but for the PHP50-million priceless work of art that will be forever owned by the government, they are saying we should have 50 classrooms instead),” the Speaker and chair of the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organizing Committee (Phisgoc) said.<\/p>\n

Instead of criticizing, Cayetano said it would have been better if Aquino was proud that his home province of Tarlac was the main venue of the international event.<\/p>\n

“I was expecting\u00a0na sasabihin niya na may<\/em>\u00a0issues,\u00a0pag-usapan natin<\/em>\u00a0later,\u00a0pero<\/em>\u00a0proud\u00a0kaming mga Kapampangan na dito itinayo sa<\/em>\u00a0Tarlac (that he will say that there are issues, let\u2019s talk about it later, but we Pampangue\u00f1os are proud that the facilities were built in Tarlac),\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

\u201cE hindi eh, ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0crab mentality\u00a0pa rin. Akala nila<\/em>\u00a0SEA Games, seafood,\u00a0kaya panay<\/em>\u00a0crab mentality,\u00a0talangka ang inaabot natin<\/em>\u00a0(But no, it\u2019s still the crab mentality. They thought the SEA games is seafood, that\u2019s why it\u2019s always crab mentality, we only get crabs),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The House leader also twitted Drilon for bringing up the classroom issue since it was during Aquino\u2019s time that the shortage worsened.<\/p>\n

“I think Sen. Drilon forgot\u00a0na<\/em>\u00a0(that) it’s their administration\u00a0na nagpilit ng<\/em>\u00a0K-12 kaya\u00a0nagkulang na naman ng<\/em>\u00a0classroom (that insisted on implementing the K-12 program which again led to classroom shortages),” Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know because there are only two senators who objected, myself and Senator (Antonio) Trillanes. So don’t talk to me about classrooms because you created the classroom shortage. Dapat we’re on track\u00a0na maging<\/em>\u00a045-40 per classroom\u00a0kung hindi muna natin pinilit ‘yung<\/em>\u00a0(We would have been on track for 40-45 students per classroom if we had not insisted on the) K-12. We were asking for 5 years before implementing K-12,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Speaker also blasted the Senate Minority Leader in his speech earlier in the day.<\/p>\n

He said before bringing up the cauldron-classroom issue, Drilon was asking for PHP50 million for the Cultural Center of the Philippine (CCP), for the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra to conduct a world tour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe supported that because that\u2019s about Filipino values and culture.\u00a0Wala naman nagsabi \u2018wag ilagay sa<\/em>\u00a0PhilHarmonic\u00a0dahil<\/em>\u00a050 classrooms\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0PHP50 million (Nobody said: ‘Don\u2019t put it to PhilHarmonic because PHP 50 million is 50 classrooms’),\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

He also pointed out that it was Drilon himself who said the cauldron may not be overpriced.<\/p>\n

\u201cWalang nagsasabi na (Nobody is saying that) it\u2019s excessive or overpriced.\u00a0E \u2018di anong<\/em>\u00a0issue (So, what is the issue)?,\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n

The Speaker said they are asking for another gold medal that will be up for grabs.<\/p>\n

\u201cGold medal for crab mentality.\u00a0Alam ko na sino mananalo<\/em>\u00a0(I already know who will win),\u201d Cayetano said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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