Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla’s party mates in the Lakas-Kampi-CMD are pushing him to accept an offer to be the running mate of standard-bearer Defense Secretary Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro in the May 2010 election.

For instance, he said the president of the League of Provinces of the Philippines Gov. Loreto Ocampos of Misamis Occidental believes Revilla would be a good running mate since he has been governor of Cavite.

“I think malakas ang dating ngayon ni Bong Revilla, at habang papalapit tayo sa national convention, baka magkaroon pa siya ng maraming suporta, and we hope he will heed the call of our colleagues in the party for him to accept itong offer,”

-Roquero added.

Revilla himself earlier confirmed on-going talks between his and Teodoro’s camp for a possible tandem, even though he had already decided to run for reelection in deference to his father’s wishes.

Roquero said Revilla’s supporters cited the support that he ostensibly could get from three provinces: Cavite, where Revilla served as governor; Rizal, where the governor, Junjun Ynares, is his brother-in-law; and, Nueva Ecija, which is his father’s home province.

Add to that, Roquero said, the fact that basketball icon and former Senator Robert Jaworski is also an in-law.

“So we have three or big vote-rich provinces that will be backing up Bong Revilla,” Roquero said. “Nandiyan din yung mass appeal of the [basketball] legend Sonny Jaworski na isa rin sa mga in-laws ni Bong Revilla, so malaking support ang makukuha niya.”

The Lakas-Kampi-CMD will hold its national convention on November 19, the eve of the first day of the filing of certificates of candidacy, principally to affirm the earlier selection of Teodoro as standard-bearer.

While it is likely that the vice presidential bet would be proclaimed too, Roquero said the convention would essentially be a Teodoro show.

{via ABS-CBN}

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