By Leslie Ann G. Aquino
For re-electionist Senator Cynthia Villar, the “Mrs Hanapbuhay” that she used when she ran in 2013 was not a mere campaign slogan but an advocacy.
And the senator vowed to push for the same advocacy if she wins in the May 2019 midterm polls.
“For me, it’s not a campaign line, it’s an advocacy. I will continue doing it because I think it’s good for our people,” Villar told the media after filing her certificate of candidacy at the Comelec main office in Intramuros, Manila, Monday.
“I’ve always worked for the building of livelihood projects especially for our poor people. So, it’s an advocacy not a campaign line,” she added.
When asked if she regrets voting in favor of the TRAIN Law, Villar said it was a lesson learned.
“It’s not that I regret signing it. It’s just that the projection was bad. We were not able to consider that there will be those that will take advantage of it. It’s lesson learned,” she said.
Villar also believes that her support of the tax reform law will not be a hindrance in her re-election bid in the 2019 polls.
“I don’t think (it will go against me) so, because everyone knows that when we voted for the TRAIN law, we did not predict that the prices of gasoline will go up and that rice traders will take advantage of it,” she said.
Villar was the first to file the CoC on Monday. She was accompanied by her husband former Senator Manny Villar donning their signature campaign color orange.
