Easter Sunday was a wrong day for presidential candidate Isko Moreno to self-destruct.
That was the reaction of Rafael “Lito” Coscolluela, former Negros Occidental governor, to the call of Moreno for Vice President Leni Robredo to make the “ultimate sacrifice” and withdraw from the presidential race.
Moreno issued the call during a joint press briefing with two other presidential candidates – Senator Panfilo Lacson and Norberto Gonzales in Makati City. They also announced that they are not withdrawing from the presidential race.
Coscolluela, in a Facebook post, said he really thought the press conference would be a call for unity behind a “third force” offering real options.
“There was unity indeed in one thought: that no one would withdraw, there would be no common candidate among themselves. So why the presscon? They wanted to remind everyone they’re also running,” Cocolluela said.
“It was also a ganging up of classic proportions against a lady who has taken the ‘slings and arrows of outrageous fortune’, borrowed from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, with grace and courage”, Coscolluela added.
Lacson clarified that he and his vice presidential candidate Tito Sotto are not calling for any contender to withdraw from the electoral race.*