Saturday, August 23, 2003 (Philippines)

NOTHING ACHIEVED was the assessment of former congressman Junie Martinez on Lakas Cebu leaders’ meeting with Undersecretary for Political Affairs Tony Gatuslao. In photo, Martinez (left) and Gov. Pablo Garcia at a rally during the last local election campaign. Garcia won as governor but his runningmate Martinez lost as vice governor. Not long after, the two former political buddies started sniping at each other. (SUN.STAR FILE) FOR the first time in two years, Cebu Gov. Pablo Garcia and former congressman Celestino “Junie” Martinez Jr.’s group gathered yesterday for a meeting that proved the local administration party is in “disarray and in a crisis” nine months before the presidential elections. Martinez said that apart from their being able to express their sentiments before an official from Malacañang, the meeting “did not achieve anything.” [full story]

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