‘Ka Leody’ on calls for Leni to withdraw: ‘Parang suntok sa buwan’

KORONADAL CITY – Holding a press conference under an open cottage at a public park here without paying a centavo, presidential candidate and labor leader Leodegario “Ka Leody” de Guzman rejected Monday calls for Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw, in stark contrast to the Easter Sunday joint press conference held at the posh Manila Peninsula hotel where three other contenders claimed they were asked by the Robredo camp to withdraw.

Ka Leody de Guzman holds a press conference on Monday at the Rizal Park in Koronadal City, where he rejected calls for Vice President Leni Robredo to withdraw from the presidential race. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO “Parang suntok sa buwan ang kanilang panawagan… Napaka-imposible naman na gawin ni VP Leni na siya ang mag withdraw” , the Laban ng Masa standard bearer told reporters

He held his press conference in an open cottage at the Rizal Park, a public facility here. His local organizers say they did not pay a single centavo, but only asked for a clearance from the city government. After the press conference, De Guzman and his 100 supporters marched in the streets to support the retention of the open-pit mining ban in South Cotabato .

On Sunday, presidential candidates Manila Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Panfilo Lacson and former National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales held a joint press conference at the luxurious Manila Peninsula hotel, where they vowed not to back out of the presidential race.For his part, Moreno called on Robredo to withdraw from the presidential contest.Senator Manny Pacquaio, another presidential candidate, was supposed to join the press conference but did not show up.

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