Press Release
October 1, 2012

KIKO WELCOMES BAM AQUINO INTO LP SLATE, SAYS HE WILL "BREATHE FRESH LIFE" INTO PUSH FOR REFORMS

Speaking at the proclamation event of the Liberal Party Senate slate, Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan welcomed Benigno "Bam" Aquino into the official Senate slate and said that the younger Aquino will "breathe fresh life into the Aquino administration's push for reforms."

"Bam is a welcome addition not just to the LP Senate slate, but also to the Liberal Party itself, as we are confident that his youth, his dynamism, and his innovative ideas would help to reinvigorate the party," Pangilinan said.

Aquino, 35, is the youngest LP senatorial candidate for the 2013 elections. He was chairman of the National Youth Commission from 2003 to 2006--also the youngest to occupy the post at the time--and is a multi-awarded social entrepreneur for the social enterprise, Hapinoy.

"Bam represents a new breed of Filipinos who look at society's problems and say, 'What else can be done about this? What new approaches can we take? How can we do things better?' We need precisely that kind of mindset and that kind of reform candidate as we push good governance and accountability to greater heights in this administration," Pangilinan said.

The lawmaker also earlier pointed out that a broad coalition was welcome as long as "it's clear that it is PNoy calling the shots."

"What is foremost in the 2013 elections is for more reforms to be institutionalized, and for the Aquino administration's good governance policies to be continued. We cannot sustain our current growth pattern if we go back to our old ways, so candidates such as Bam and all those who will embrace the President's reform agenda are what this country needs in order to achieve developed nation status in a decade and a half. There is no other way to go but to keep pushing for reform, genuine change, and good governance."

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