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COJUANGCO "Gibo"
Lakas-Kampi-CMD
Campaign slogan: Galing at Talino
Blood pressure:
Medications/vitamins.
Norvasc (hypertension medicine) and blood sugar medicine, plus one multivitamin a day.
Surgeries.
Do you smoke?
None.
Advisers:
Politics:Partymates.
Fashion:Several, Nikki is one of them, also George Salud and Inaki Garcia.
Undergone botox?
My personal investment is small. I don’t want to accept personal donations. Must pass through
party finance committee.
He’s really strong on grassroots issues. I will also use him to monitor infrastructure projects.
No.
Economy/trade/finance
Have long-term plans. Have peace and order. Clear, stable, easy to follow policies. Reward
investor-friendly local governments.
Firms be allowed to import generation units tax-free. Wave penalties on firms with own
generation units. Discover alternative resources. Look into nuclear energy, but not BNPP.
Communications, all-weather roads in growth regions. More air and sea ports. All through BOT.
Possibly excise, specific and consumption taxes, but not income and corporate taxes.
Sectors to be protected/subsidized?
Sectors to be liberalized.
Certain residential, some tourism, industrial, commercial land, but leave areas for low-cost
housing. Definitely not agricultural, mineral and marine resources.
How do you make the benefits of growth trickle down to the grassroots?
Sustainability of growth.
No open pit mining. Clear benefits to the community. The local community must agree.
Make us an investment destination. Reduce cost of doing business. Improve communications and
transportation facilities. High-quality workforce. Ease tax rates. Review tax incentives.
Give as much leeway to corporations as possible as long as they disclose material information.
Institutionalize role of AMLC (Anti-Money Laundering Council) and enforce the law.
National security
Peace in Mindanao.
Must be solved under local circumstances, like the local peace and order councils, because each
area has distinct customs and traditions.
Communism is now legal. They can advocate in many ways, but not with a gun.
When we buy arms and equipment, we must also have additional funding to maintain them.
The revised National Defense Act, and president’s role in approval of promotions in AFP.
In certain areas but under the strict supervision of specially trained military unit...not the
infantry.
Very important. They grant $40 million annually in aid and we use it for training of troops and
maintenance of military equipment.
When the political leadership betrays the public trust, should the military intervene?
It should be discouraged. The military should not intervene in political issues and interpret the
situation in their own terms.
Have private watchdogs over the AFP. Notify AFP leadership of any incidence of corruption.
Foreign Affairs
Three countries are vital to the Philippines – China, Japan and the United States. But also vitally
important are the Middle East, the European Union and Australia.
View them on a macro level. Economically, they are a big trading partner, a big source of
potential tourism and foreign investments. But in security, they have spent a massive amount on
unlimited military build up, and they have not made their intentions clear on their foreign
security policy.
Continue to be principled, robust, strong and at arms length. Concept of “shared burdens.”
Let the Filipino people decide through a plebescite, but with full information.
We have a claim to the Spratlys that is now institutionalized in the regime of islands in our
baselines law and we will pursue that claim.
Introduce literacy in preschool in the public sector, including literacy in the mother tongue. We
need around P1.5 billion a year for teacher training. Set up special student loan fund under SSS.
Difficult but there’s no choice. There’s a lot more to learn now, students cannot absorb all that
knowledge in 10 years.
It’s really important, but literacy also in the mother tongue. English remains the language of
science, technology and diplomacy.
Do away with degree consciousness for promotions. One need not have a master’s degree for
leadership skills and institutional knowledge.
Healthcare
Respect moral choice, but government must help support that choice, even providing what is
needed for that choice. Family planning preference must be private.
Costs of medicine.
Dialogue with producers and provide incentives for local medical manufacturers.
Judiciary
Put back the definition of judicial powers under the previous Constitution. Restore the old
powers of the judiciary.
No. It will also be unfair to the appointee to have that cloud over him.
Corruption
Transparency in government.
Human rights
Remove internal security from the AFP. Sustained deterrence against insurgents.
You win some, you lose some. Would you have it any other way?
Environment
Implement Clean Air Act. Institute lifestyle changes. Have solid waste management. No open
dumpsites.
Logging/agroforestry.
Map the remaining natural forests in the country. Logging ban for natural forests, regeneration of
trees in wooded areas.
Water management.
Implement an old law that each barangay should have rain water catchments.
Sports
That’s a quick win solution. Identify one sport, like boxing, and work on it.
Charter change.
Yes, if it is transparent.
Cha-cha mode.
Constitutional convention.
Divorce.
Marriage expiration.
That’s crazy.
Gay rights.
Death penalty.